Εἰς Τροιζῆνα δεῖ βαδίζειν
you need a walk to Troezen
Translated by Malcolm Heath19 Feb 2001Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
It is said in reference to men with poor and sparse beards. For Pogon1 is a harbour [sc. giving access] into Troezen.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Εἰς Τροιζῆνα δεῖ βαδίζειν· ἐπὶ τῶν κακογενείων καὶ σπανοπωγώνων εἴρηται. Πώγων γάρ ἐστι λιμὴν εἰς Τροιζῆνα.
Betacode
*ei)s *troizh=na dei= badi/zein: e)pi\ tw=n kakogenei/wn kai\ spanopwgw/nwn ei)/rhtai. *pw/gwn ga/r e)sti limh\n ei)s *troizh=na.
Notes (1)
- 1cf. pogon, 'beard' (pi 2150). For Pogon (between Troezen and Calauria island) see Herodotus 8.42.1 (web address 1). The proverb -- also in theta 462 -- had another version with sailing rather than walking, and (more substantively) could relate to beards which were downright false: see LSJ s.v.
pw/gwn (web address 2), citing Eustathius 287.14. ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
- Web address 2 perseus.tufts.edu
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Revision history4 revisions · last 1 Dec 2012
- upgraded link — Catharine Roth
- cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Added links. — Catharine Roth
- augmented note; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Malcolm Heath