Ἔκτοπον
strange
Translated by Catharine Roth30 Jan 2007Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
[Meaning something] altered, forceful, large.1
Aristophanes [writes]: "there is a certain tree which has grown strange, above Kardia -- Kleonymos: not at all useful, and otherwise terrible2 and big. In the spring this [tree] always grows and spreads slander, but in winter it drops shields like leaves."3 He is comparing Kleon4 to a tree, either as being big or as insensible, from the Homeric [expression].5 Kardia [is] a city. And Kardians [are its] citizens.6 He says this because of [the man's] lack of courage [a)ka/rdion ].7
Aristophanes [writes]: "there is a certain tree which has grown strange, above Kardia -- Kleonymos: not at all useful, and otherwise terrible2 and big. In the spring this [tree] always grows and spreads slander, but in winter it drops shields like leaves."3 He is comparing Kleon4 to a tree, either as being big or as insensible, from the Homeric [expression].5 Kardia [is] a city. And Kardians [are its] citizens.6 He says this because of [the man's] lack of courage [