Βυρσαίετος
hide-eagle
Translated by William Hutton16 Apr 2002Vetting: high10 revisions
Translation
[Referring to] Kleon. The expression is composed of "hide" [bursa] and "eagle" [aietos]. Simultaneously mocking Kleon for being a hide-tanner and for being a thief and a grabber of public goods. For the eagle is a creature that grabs things.1
skytodepsês ["leather-tanner"] [is] Attic, but bursodepsês ["hide-tanner"] Asianic.2
Or 'Paphlagonian hide-man.' It signifies the unpleasant smell that comes from soaking skins and leaving them in chemicals for many days so that they can take [them] apart, from the odor of the water and of the rotting skins. He thus lampoons him as being foul-smelling, and especially singles out Kleon's cheapness, on the foundation of which fortune he came to be pre-eminent among the Athenians.3
Carthage is also called Africa [and] Bursa: see also under Africanus.4
skytodepsês ["leather-tanner"] [is] Attic, but bursodepsês ["hide-tanner"] Asianic.2
Or 'Paphlagonian hide-man.' It signifies the unpleasant smell that comes from soaking skins and leaving them in chemicals for many days so that they can take [them] apart, from the odor of the water and of the rotting skins. He thus lampoons him as being foul-smelling, and especially singles out Kleon's cheapness, on the foundation of which fortune he came to be pre-eminent among the Athenians.3
Carthage is also called Africa [and] Bursa: see also under Africanus.4
Greek original · Adler’s text
Βυρσαίετος· ὁ Κλέων. συντέθειται δὲ ἡ λέξις ἀπὸ τῆς βύρσης καὶ τοῦ αἰετοῦ. ἅμα μὲν ὡς βυρσοδέψην κωμῳδῶν τὸν Κλέωνα καὶ ὡς κλέπτην καὶ ἅρπαγα τῶν κοινῶν. ἁρπακτικὸν γὰρ τὸ ζῷον ὁ ἀετός. Σκυτοδέψης Ἀττικόν, Βυρσοδέψης δὲ Ἀσιανόν. ἢ Παφλαγὼν βυρσεύς. σημαίνει δὲ τὸ ἐκ τοῦ ἐμβρέχειν τὰ δέρματα καὶ πλείοσιν ἡμέραις ἐᾶν αὐτὰ εἰς τὸ φάρμακον, ἵνα διαλάβοιεν, ἀπὸ τῆς ὀσμῆς τοῦ ὕδατος καὶ τῶν δερμάτων μολυνομένων ἄχαρι ὀδωδέναι. διαβάλλει οὖν ὡς δύσοσμον, ἄλλως τε καὶ τὴν εὐτέλειαν ἀντιδεικνὺς Κλέωνος, ἀφ' οἵας τύχης ὁρμώμενος πρωτεύει τῶν Ἀθηναίων. ἡ Καρχηδὼν ἡ καὶ Ἀφρικὴ Βύρσα λέγεται· καὶ ζήτει ἐν τῷ Ἀφρικανός.
Betacode
*bursai/etos: o( *kle/wn. sunte/qeitai de\ h( le/cis a)po\ th=s bu/rshs kai\ tou= ai)etou=. a(/ma me\n w(s bursode/yhn kwmw|dw=n to\n *kle/wna kai\ w(s kle/pthn kai\ a(/rpaga tw=n koinw=n. a(rpaktiko\n ga\r to\ zw=|on o( a)eto/s. *skutode/yhs *)attiko/n, *bursode/yhs de\ *)asiano/n. h)\ *paflagw\n burseu/s. shmai/nei de\ to\ e)k tou= e)mbre/xein ta\ de/rmata kai\ plei/osin h(me/rais e)a=n au)ta\ ei)s to\ fa/rmakon, i(/na diala/boien, a)po\ th=s o)smh=s tou= u(/datos kai\ tw=n derma/twn molunome/nwn a)/xari o)dwde/nai. diaba/llei ou)=n w(s du/sosmon, a)/llws te kai\ th\n eu)te/leian a)ntideiknu\s *kle/wnos, a)f' oi(/as tu/xhs o(rmw/menos prwteu/ei tw=n *)aqhnai/wn. h( *karxhdw\n h( kai\ *)afrikh\ *bu/rsa le/getai: kai\ zh/tei e)n tw=| *)afrikano/s.
Notes (3)
- [1] From the scholia to Aristophanes, Knights 197, where the headword occurs; cf. mu 240. For Kleon see generally kappa 1731.↩
- 2cf. sigma 724 & sigma 725. ↩
- 3From the scholia to Aristophanes, Knights 44, where the phrase "Paphlagonian hide-tanner" occurs. See beta 594. ↩
- 4alpha 4648, which has the
kai/ which is supplied here. See also kappa 445.
Linked from4 entries
- α4648ἈφρικανόςAfricanus[sc. The name is connected with] Carthage, which is called both Africa and Bursa, having ruled the Libyan people dwelling in the area for 700 years after the first resettlement, was destroyed. Scipio [Aemilianus] took…
- αι98Αἰετὸς ἐν νεφέλαιςan eagle in clouds[sc. A proverbial saying] in reference to those who are difficult to catch. Inasmuch as an eagle when it is in the clouds cannot be caught.
- β594Βυρσοδέψηςhide-tanner[Meaning a] leather-worker, one who treats hides.
- δ1671Δύσοσμοςmalodorous[Meaning] ill-smelling.
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Revision history10 revisions · last 24 Sep 2015
- — David Whitehead
- x-refs — Abram Ring
- more keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- added cross-reference — Catharine Roth
- another x-ref — David Whitehead
- more keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- augmented note — David Whitehead
- added notes; cosmetics — David Whitehead
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- Translated — William Hutton