Ἐπίτονος
rope, stay
Translated by Ioannis Doukas8 Sep 2007Vetting: high2 revisions
Translation
Aristophanes [says] "on a rope/stay".1 A joke [meaning] on a hide.1
And Homer [says]: "the back-stay had been flung".2
And Homer [says]: "the back-stay had been flung".2
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἐπίτονος· Ἀριστοφάνης ἐπὶ ἐπιτόνου. γελοῖον δὲ ἐπὶ δέρματος. καὶ Ὅμηρος· ἐπίτονος βέβλητο.