Διιτρέφης ἀνεπτέρωκεν
Diitrephes has set (him) flying
Translated by David Whitehead11 May 2003Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
In reference to those persuading [someone] into some activity. Aristophanes [writes]: "Diitrephes with his words has set my boy terribly flying into horse-driving". For this man was previously a flask-weaver, but then became a phylarch and hipparch.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Διιτρέφης ἀνεπτέρωκεν· ἐπὶ τῶν ἀναπειθόντων ἐπί τι πρᾶγμα. Ἀριστοφάνης· δεινῶς τέ μου τὸ μειράκιον ἀνεπτέρωκεν ὥσθ' ἱππηλατεῖν. οὗτος γὰρ πρότερον πυτινοπλόκος ἦν, ἔπειτα ἐγένετο φύλαρχος καὶ ἵππαρχος.