Κολάκρετον
kolakretes, treasurer
Translated by Catharine Roth31 Dec 2008Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
Aristophanes [writes]: "and now I simply want to offer you whatever you wish, except to drink the milk of a kolakretes."
Greek original · Adler’s text
Κολάκρετον· Ἀριστοφάνης· καὶ νῦν ἀτεχνῶς ἐθέλω παρέχειν ὅ τι βούλει σοί, πλὴν τοῦ κολακρέτου γάλα πίνειν.
Betacode
*kola/kreton: *)aristofa/nhs: kai\ nu=n a)texnw=s e)qe/lw pare/xein o(/ ti bou/lei soi/, plh\n tou= kolakre/tou ga/la pi/nein.
Notes
- Bdelykleon to his son Philokleon in Aristophanes, Wasps 722-724 (web address 1).
For the office ofkwlakre/ths (sic: it should be spelled with omega, and anyway has no form corresponding to the present headword), see kappa 2234 and kappa 2235.
In the present passage 'drinking treasurer's milk' means joining the panel of paid jurors.
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
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Revision history3 revisions · last 8 Mar 2013
- upgraded link — Catharine Roth
- more keywords; tweaking — David Whitehead
- augmented note; more keywords — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth