Γέλοιος
laughable
Translated by Jennifer Benedict3 Jul 2002Vetting: high7 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] the most ridiculous, [accented] proparoxytone. But [differently-accented] geloi=os [means] a laughing-stock.
And [there is] a proverb: "you will end up more laughable than those who try to polish millet, or just like Murmêkides contending against the skill of Pheidias."1
And [there is] another proverb: "more laughable than Melitides", in reference to those accused of stupidity. For Melitides was a man mocked by the comic poets for stupidity along the same lines as [they mocked] Amphisteides. They say this man counted the many things he experienced up to five but could not [count] further, and that after marrying he did not touch his bride; for he feared lest the girl would inform against him to her mother. Amphisteides did not know from which of his parents he was born.2
And [there is] a proverb: "you will end up more laughable than those who try to polish millet, or just like Murmêkides contending against the skill of Pheidias."1
And [there is] another proverb: "more laughable than Melitides", in reference to those accused of stupidity. For Melitides was a man mocked by the comic poets for stupidity along the same lines as [they mocked] Amphisteides. They say this man counted the many things he experienced up to five but could not [count] further, and that after marrying he did not touch his bride; for he feared lest the girl would inform against him to her mother. Amphisteides did not know from which of his parents he was born.2