Κλεοφῶν
Kleophon, Cleophon; Iophon
Translated by David Whitehead29 Aug 2001Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Κλεοφῶν, Ἀθηναῖος, τραγικός. τῶν δραμάτων αὐτοῦ, Ἀκταίων, Ἀμφιάραος, Ἀχιλλεύς, Βάκχαι, Δεξαμενός, Ἠριγόνη, Θυέστης, Λεύκιππος, Περσίς, Τήλεφος.
Betacode
*kleofw=n, *)aqhnai=os, tragiko/s. tw=n drama/twn au)tou=, *)aktai/wn, *)amfia/raos, *)axilleu/s, *ba/kxai, *decameno/s, *)hrigo/nh, *que/sths, *leu/kippos, *persi/s, *th/lefos.
Notes
Linked from4 entries
- η514Ἠριγόνειος τάφοςErigonian tomb[no gloss]
- ι451ἸοφῶνIophonOf Athens, tragedian, legitimate son of Sophokles the tragic poet out of Nikostrate; [Sophokles] also had an illegitimate son, Ariston, out of Theodoris of Sikyon. Iophon produced 50 plays; they include Achilles,…
- π1799ΠλούτωνPluto[Another way of referring to] the underworld. Aristophanes [says, when] Pluto is giving a rope to Aeschylus who is on his way back up: "bring this and give it to Kleophon and this to the providers". A token of death.…
- φ433Φιλοτιμότεραι Κλεοφῶντοςmore honor-bound than Kleophon["(accomplishments) more honor-bound than Kleophon], upon whose [bilingual] lips [formidably] roars a Thracian swallow." Meaning unsophisticated. He is mocking him as a Thracian, a Thracian woman's son; [it is he] who…
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Revision history4 revisions · last 27 Feb 2013
- Revised — David Whitehead
- added headword — Nicholas Fincher
- supplemented headword; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Revised — Catharine Roth
- Translated — David Whitehead