Κωδωνοφαλαροπώλους
bell-harness-foal-men
Translated by David Whitehead19 Nov 2006Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
[Meaning them] using bells on their [sc. foals'] harnesses. "Nor did I astound them by creating Kyknoi and Memnons as bell-harness-foal-men".
Greek original · Adler’s text
Κωδωνοφαλαροπώλους· κώδωσιν εἰς τὰ φάλαρα χρωμένους. οὐδ' ἐξέπληττεν αὐτοὺς Κύκνους ποιῶν καὶ Μέμνονας κωδωνοφαλαροπώλους.
Betacode
*kwdwnofalaropw/lous: kw/dwsin ei)s ta\ fa/lara xrwme/nous. ou)d' e)ce/plhtten au)tou\s *ku/knous poiw=n kai\ *me/mnonas kwdwnofalaropw/lous.
Notes
- Aristophanes, Frogs 962-3 (where, as again here, the headword is in the accusative case), with scholion: Euripides parodies Aeschylean vocabulary. See web address 1.
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Neighbouring entries
Revision history3 revisions · last 14 Mar 2013
- Revised — David Whitehead
- expanded note — David Whitehead
- added link, set status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — David Whitehead