Διφροφόροι
stool-carriers
Translated by Catharine Roth26 Aug 2004Vetting: high8 revisions
Translation
Strattis [uses the word] in Atalantai.1 *difroforoume/nous ["being carried on seats"]: Herodotus [uses the word]: among the Persians, being carried on litters.2
"And when a kind of stool had been placed for him, taking his seat he sent out heralds to those on the wall advising them to surrender."3
*di/fros also [means] a chariot. From carrying two [du/o fe/rein ], the passenger and the charioteer. Out of this [comes] difrhla/ths .4
"And when a kind of stool had been placed for him, taking his seat he sent out heralds to those on the wall advising them to surrender."3
Greek original · Adler’s text
Διφροφόροι· Στράττις ἐν Ἀταλάνταις. Διφροφορουμένους· Ἡρόδοτος· παρὰ Πέρσαις φορείοις φερομένους. καὶ τεθέντος αὐτῷ δίφρου τινός, ἱζήσας κήρυκας διεπέμπετο τοῖς ἐν τῷ τείχει σφᾶς ἐκδιδόναι παραινῶν. Δίφρος, καὶ τὸ ἅρμα. παρὰ τὸ δύο φέρειν, τὸν παραβάτην καὶ τὸν ἡνίοχον. ἐξ οὗ καὶ διφρηλάτης.
Betacode
*difrofo/roi: *stra/ttis e)n *)atala/ntais. *difroforoume/nous: *(hro/dotos: para\ *pe/rsais forei/ois ferome/nous. kai\ teqe/ntos au)tw=| di/frou tino/s, i(zh/sas kh/rukas diepe/mpeto toi=s e)n tw=| tei/xei sfa=s e)kdido/nai parainw=n. *di/fros, kai\ to\ a(/rma. para\ to\ du/o fe/rein, to\n paraba/thn kai\ to\n h(ni/oxon. e)c ou(= kai\ difrhla/ths.
Notes (3)
- [1] Strattis fr. 8 Kock, now 7 K.-A.; cf. sigma 1178, where this title is, correctly, singular.↩
- 2Herodotus 3.146.3 (web address 1), with gloss; cf. delta 1294. Entry thus far = Photius, Lexicon delta672 Theodoridis. ↩
- 3Quotation (transmitted, in Adler's view via the Excerpta Constantini Porphyrogeniti) unidentifiable -- though the participle
i(zh/sas (iota 211) is favoured by Cassius Dio. ↩- 4cf. delta 1292.
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Linked from4 entries
- δ1291Διφρείαchariot-driving[Meaning] the going-around of the chariot.
- δ1292Διφρηλατῶνdriving a chariot[Meaning someone] chariot-driving. Sophocles [writes]: "but you, O Sun who drive your chariot through the lofty heaven, when you see my paternal earth, hold back your golden reins and announce my fate and my death."…
- δ1294Δίφρονdiphros[Meaning] a stool. A chariot; or a seat. Also [sc.attested is] difrofo/ros ["stool-bearer"], [meaning] she who carries a stool. Aristophanes [writes]: "carry the stool." For a [girl] with a sun-shade and a stool used to…
- δ1667Δυσόμοιαdissimilar[Meaning] unlike. Strattis [sc. uses the word].
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Revision history8 revisions · last 12 Nov 2015
- coding and other cosmetics — David Whitehead
- tweak — Catharine Roth
- updated a ref — David Whitehead
- expanded n.2 — David Whitehead
- upgraded link — Catharine Roth
- Revised — David Whitehead
- more keywords — David Whitehead
- supplied n.3; augmented other notes; another keyword; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth