Διεμήρισαν ἄνδρες ἐρασταί
male lovers went between the thighs
Translated by James Vradelis13 Feb 2005Vetting: high2 revisions
Translation
Also [sc. attested is the optative] diamhri/zoimi ["I might go between the thighs"],1 meaning I might have intercourse. Aristophanes [writes]: "first lifting the legs of the attendant [Iris], I will split her thighs."2
Greek original · Adler’s text
Διεμήρισαν ἄνδρες ἐρασταί. καὶ Διαμηρίζοιμι, ἀντὶ τοῦ συνουσιάσοιμι. Ἀριστοφάνης· τῆς διακόνου πρώτης ἀνατείνας τὼ σκέλη διαμηριῶ.
Betacode
*diemh/risan a)/ndres e)rastai/. kai\ *diamhri/zoimi, a)nti\ tou= sunousia/soimi. *)aristofa/nhs: th=s diako/nou prw/ths a)natei/nas tw\ ske/lh diamhriw=.
Notes (2)
- The headword phrase is from Aristophanes, Birds 706 (web address 1). See generally J. Henderson, The Maculate Muse (New Haven 1975) 153 #211; and for the intercrural intercourse between males which is meant in the headword phrase here (though not the other two passages), K.J. Dover, Greek Homosexuality (London 1978) 98-109.
- 1Aristophanes, Birds 669 (web address 2). ↩
- 2Aristophanes, Birds 1253-4 (web address 3). ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
- Web address 2 perseus.tufts.edu
- Web address 3 perseus.tufts.edu
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Revision history2 revisions · last 8 Jul 2012
- cosmetics — David Whitehead
- modified headword and translation; augmented primary note; betacode and other cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — James Vradelis