Χαριξένη
Charixene
Translated by David Whitehead · 28 Apr 2003 · Vetting: high · 9 revisions
Translation
Simple and stupid [was] Charixene, a courtesan.1 Aristophanes [writes]: "for the present time is not the era of Charixene".
Greek original
Χαριξένη· εὐήθης καὶ μωρὰ ἡ Χαριξένη, ἑταίρα. Ἀριστοφάνης· οὐ γὰρ τἀπὶ Χαριξένης τάδε γ' ἐστί.
Betacode
*xarice/nh: eu)h/qhs kai\ mwra\ h( *xarice/nh, e(tai/ra. *)aristofa/nhs: ou) ga\r ta)pi\ *xarice/nhs ta/de g' e)sti/.
Notes (1)
- Aristophanes, Ecclesiazusae 943 (web address 1), with comment from the scholia there.↩
Associated entries in lexica -- some of them preserving other material from comedy: Cratinus fr. 135 Kock (now 146 K.-A.), Theopompus fr. 50 Kock (now 51 K.-A.) -- bring out other points about the courtesan and musician Charixene, such as her advanced age.- 1For courtesans (hetairai) cf. generally epsilon 3265, epsilon 3266, epsilon 3272, epsilon 3273, epsilon 3275, epsilon 3276.
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Neighbours in Adler order
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