Ἠχὼ λόγων ἀντῳδὸς ἐπικοκκάστρια
Echo answerer of words -- mocker
Translated by David Whitehead16 Oct 2006Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
['Mocker'] meaning in the habit of laughing, laughter-producing.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἠχὼ λόγων ἀντῳδὸς ἐπικοκκάστρια· ἀντὶ τοῦ εἰωθυῖα γελᾶν, γελάστρια.
Betacode
*)hxw\ lo/gwn a)ntw|do\s e)pikokka/stria: a)nti\ tou= ei)wqui=a gela=n, gela/stria.
Notes
- Aristophanes, Thesmophoriazusae 1059 (web address 1), with scholion. He is adding 'mocker' to a phrase quoted from Euripides.
For Echo/echoes cf. eta 685, eta 687.