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Γέλων · Gelon (γ 113) · Suda

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Γέλων

Gelon

Translated by Ross Scaife ✝18 Oct 2001Vetting: high6 revisions

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2 notes · 37 words

Translation

Proper name.¹ But ge/lwn [sc. is also an alternative for] ge/lwta.²
Also [sc. attested is the phrase] "I am laughing at you." Interpretation of a dream: if you laugh in your sleep you will have hard turns.³

Greek original · Adler’s text

Γέλων· ὄνομα κύριον. Γέλων δὲ τὸν γέλωτα. καὶ Γελῶ σε. λύσις ὀνείρου· γελῶν καθ' ὕπνους δυσφόρους ἕξεις τρόπους.

Betacode

*ge/lwn: o)/noma ku/rion. *ge/lwn de\ to\n ge/lwta. kai\ *gelw= se. lu/sis o)nei/rou: gelw=n kaq' u(/pnous dusfo/rous e(/ceis tro/pous.

Notes (2)

[1] That of a brilliantly successful Sicilian tyrant in the early C5 BC. See generally OCD(4) s.v. (p.607).
2That is, a variant form of the accusative case of the noun ge/lws, laughter. ↩
3From the dream-interpretations, in verse, attributed to Astrampsychus (alpha 4251); cf. kappa 138.

Linked from1 entry

δ71ΔαρετίουDaretian"[I say Gelon, Hieron, Polyzelus and Thrasybulus] dedicated a tripod of a hundred litrae and fifty talents' [weight] of Daretian gold, the tithe of a tithe."

Neighbouring entries

γ111ΓελίμεριςGelimeris γ112Γελλοῦς παιδοφιλωτέραmore overfond of children than Gello γ113ΓέλωνGelon γ114ΓελῷοςGeloan γ115Γέλως ΜεγαρικόςMegarian laughter

Revision history6 revisions · last 27 Sep 2015

27 Sep 2015Revised — David Whitehead
4 Aug 2014Revised — David Whitehead
27 Aug 2012betacode — Catharine Roth
5 Jun 2012tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
30 Sep 2005more keywords — David Whitehead
20 Oct 2001added notes and keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
18 Oct 2001Translated — Ross Scaife ✝

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Γέλων (Adler number gamma 113), trans. Ross Scaife ✝, 18 Oct 2001. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/gamma/113

Translation by Ross Scaife ✝ for Suda On Line, revised by David Whitehead, Catharine Roth, licensed CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Shown unchanged, under the same licence, non-commercially. Original on SOL ↗