Κέπφος
stormy petrel
Translated by Nick Nicholas25 Oct 2008Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
A kind of very quick bird.1
It is light and floats on the waves.2
"O petrel!", meaning o most paltry and babbling!; for that is what they say the petrel is like.3 The proverbial saying is applied to thoughtless men. For the petrel eats sea foam: and the fishermen's children cast foam first forwards, then close by, then into their hands; whereby they catch [them] easily.4
It is light and floats on the waves.2
"O petrel!", meaning o most paltry and babbling!; for that is what they say the petrel is like.3 The proverbial saying is applied to thoughtless men. For the petrel eats sea foam: and the fishermen's children cast foam first forwards, then close by, then into their hands; whereby they catch [them] easily.4