Γραφεύς
drawer
Translated by David Whitehead13 Oct 2000Vetting: high6 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] an artist.
"[He] who draws the vases for the dead;"1 for they used to draw such things on the monuments.
And Demosthenes [sc. has the verb] to draw, [meaning] being an artist.2
"[He] who draws the vases for the dead;"1 for they used to draw such things on the monuments.
And Demosthenes [sc. has the verb] to draw, [meaning] being an artist.2
Greek original · Adler’s text
Γραφεύς· ὁ ζωγράφος. ὃς τοῖς νεκροῖσι ζωγραφεῖ τὰς ληκύθους. τοιαῦτα γὰρ ἐν τοῖς μνήμασιν ἔγραφον. καὶ Δημοσθένης Γράφειν, τὸ ζωγραφεῖν.