Χαῖρις
Chairis, Chaeris, Khairis
Translated by Jennifer Benedict18 Mar 2008Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
A kithara-player.1 Pherecrates, too, mentions him in Savages: "'tell me, who was the worst kithara-player?' 'Peisoumeles was after Meles... Sit still. I know. It was Chairis.'" And [there was] another [Chairis] whom Cratinus mentions in Nemesis.3
Greek original · Adler’s text
Χαῖρις· κιθαρῳδός. μνημονεύει δὲ αὐτοῦ καὶ Φερεκράτης ἐν Ἀγροῖς· φέρ' ἴδω, κιθαρῳδὸς τίς κάκιστος ἐγένετο; Πεισουμελὴς μετὰ Μέλητος ἦν. ἔχ' ἀτρέμας. ἐγ'ᾦδα. Χαῖρίς ἐστι. καὶ ἕτερος, οὗ μνημονεύει Κρατῖνος ἐν Νεμέσει.