Κενταυρικῶς
centaur-like
Translated by David Whitehead26 Jul 2007Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] rustically.1
[Also meaning] disruptively, insultingly;2 because the Centaurs too [are] insulters; but others [say that the word is used] meaning softly. For Herakles is being ironic. For Dionysos [is] soft and effete. Aristophanes in Frogs [writes]: "who knocked on the door? How Centaur-like he jumped at it."
And elsewhere: "[...] of a kind that neither the Centaurs who possess Pelion nor the Laistrygonians who settled the Leontine plain [sc. surpassed in bestiality]."3
[Also meaning] disruptively, insultingly;2 because the Centaurs too [are] insulters; but others [say that the word is used] meaning softly. For Herakles is being ironic. For Dionysos [is] soft and effete. Aristophanes in Frogs [writes]: "who knocked on the door? How Centaur-like he jumped at it."
And elsewhere: "[...] of a kind that neither the Centaurs who possess Pelion nor the Laistrygonians who settled the Leontine plain [sc. surpassed in bestiality]."3