Δημιόπρατα
publicly-sold (goods)
Translated by Carl Widstrand8 Jan 2000Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
[Meaning those] which the [sc. Athenian] people sell.1
Those being publicly sold as the outcome of confiscation, and [sc. some] of the goods being confiscated through Kleon. Aristophanes [writes]: "the scoundrel has been licking publicly-sold cakes."2
Those being publicly sold as the outcome of confiscation, and [sc. some] of the goods being confiscated through Kleon. Aristophanes [writes]: "the scoundrel has been licking publicly-sold cakes."2