Ἰλλυριοί
Illyrians
Translated by Catharine Roth18 Dec 2005Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
[They are] Thracian barbarians, but some say that they are from Persia. And Aristophanes says: "screeching Illyrians." Meaning that they make a certain kind of vocal sound. They are "screeching" because of the unintelligibility of their voices. For kri/gh [screech] [is] the grating sound that people who are dying make with their teeth.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἰλλυριοί· βάρβαροι Θρᾳκικοί, οἱ δὲ Περσίδος αὐτούς φασιν. καί φησιν Ἀριστοφάνης· Ἰλλυριοὶ κεκριγότες. ἀντὶ τοῦ ποιὰν φωνὴν ἀποτελοῦντες. κεκριγότες οὖν διὰ τὴν ἀσάφειαν τῆς φωνῆς αὐτῶν. κρίγη γὰρ ὁ τῶν ἀποθνησκόντων τρισμὸς τοῖς ὀδοῦσι γινόμενος.
Betacode
*)illurioi/: ba/rbaroi *qra|kikoi/, oi( de\ *persi/dos au)tou/s fasin. kai/ fhsin *)aristofa/nhs: *)illurioi\ kekrigo/tes. a)nti\ tou= poia\n fwnh\n a)potelou=ntes. kekrigo/tes ou)=n dia\ th\n a)sa/feian th=s fwnh=s au)tw=n. kri/gh ga\r o( tw=n a)poqnhsko/ntwn trismo\s toi=s o)dou=si gino/menos.
Notes
- Aristophanes, Birds 1521 (web address 1), and scholion; cf. kappa 1267 and kappa 2415.
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
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Revision history5 revisions · last 5 Feb 2020
- another cross-reference — Catharine Roth
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- more keywords — David Whitehead
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- x-ref; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth