Ἰόρτιος
Iortios, Hirtius
Translated by Catharine Roth20 Jun 2006Vetting: high7 revisions
Translation
A proper name.1 "Iortios not being able to express the marvel for himself, when silence fell, [said], 'Do you not see that, my dear drinking-companions, how the table is round and very circular?' So at such sheer flattery, as was likely, laughter broke out. For Maecenas' table was right-angled and not round. Plutarch [says this]."2
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἰόρτιος· ὄνομα κύριον. ὁ τοίνυν Ἰόρτιος οὐκ ἔχων ὅ τι παρ' ἑαυτοῦ τερατεύσασθαι, σιγῆς γενομένης· ἐκεῖνο δὲ οὐκ ἐννοεῖτε, ὦ φίλοι συμπόται, ὡς στρογγύλη ἐστὶν ἡ τράπεζα καὶ ἄγαν περιφερής; ἐπὶ τοίνυν τῇ ἀκράτῳ κολακείᾳ ὡς τὸ εἰκὸς γέλως κατερράγη· ἐγγώνιος γὰρ ἦν καὶ οὐ στρογγύλη ἡ τοῦ Μαικήνα τράπεζα. Πλούταρχος.
Betacode
*)io/rtios: o)/noma ku/rion. o( toi/nun *)io/rtios ou)k e)/xwn o(/ ti par' e(autou= terateu/sasqai, sigh=s genome/nhs: e)kei=no de\ ou)k e)nnoei=te, w)= fi/loi sumpo/tai, w(s stroggu/lh e)sti\n h( tra/peza kai\ a)/gan periferh/s; e)pi\ toi/nun th=| a)kra/tw| kolakei/a| w(s to\ ei)ko\s ge/lws katerra/gh: e)ggw/nios ga\r h)=n kai\ ou) stroggu/lh h( tou= *maikh/na tra/peza. *plou/tarxos.
Notes (1)
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- ε157Ἐγγώνιος τράπεζαright-angled table[A table] which is not round and not too circular. "In Maecenas' dining-room there was a right-angled table below the couch, very great in size and incomparable in beauty; and as was likely different men praised it in…
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Revision history7 revisions · last 23 Jan 2019
- tweaked punctuation — Catharine Roth
- updated reference — Catharine Roth
- Revised — David Whitehead
- corrected x-ref — David Whitehead
- another headword and note — David Whitehead
- augmented n.1 — David Whitehead
- another keyword; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth