Ἔποψ
hoopoe
Translated by Catharine Roth6 Jul 2003Vetting: high2 revisions
Translation
Aristophanes [writes]: "for I myself stayed with them for a long time and taught them speech, although they were barbarians before." The hoopoe says [this] about the birds.1
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἔποψ· Ἀριστοφάνης· ἐγὼ γὰρ αὐτοὺς βαρβάρους ὄντας πρὸ τοῦ ἐδίδαξα τὴν φωνήν, συνὼν πολὺν χρόνον. περὶ τῶν ὀρνέων λέγει ὁ ἔποψ.
Betacode
*)/epoy: *)aristofa/nhs: e)gw\ ga\r au)tou\s barba/rous o)/ntas pro\ tou= e)di/daca th\n fwnh/n, sunw\n polu\n xro/non. peri\ tw=n o)rne/wn le/gei o( e)/poy.