Ἐξεκύκλησαν

they wheeled out

Translated by Elizabeth Vandiver14 Feb 2005Vetting: high5 revisions

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[Meaning] they carried out. Aelian [writes]: "when they wheeled him out into the theater, he had his head covered [because of?] his profligacy."¹

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἐξεκύκλησαν· ἐξήνεγκαν. Αἰλιανός· ἐπεὶ δὲ εἰς τὸ θέατρον ἐξεκύκλησαν αὐτόν, ἐπηλυγασάμενος τὴν κεφαλὴν ἦν τὸ ἄσωτον.