Κρεμάθρα
hanger
Translated by David Whitehead14 Dec 2008Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
A particular kind of device up in the air, in which they put superfluous relishes. It has the name hanger because of its always being hung up in the air. Aristophanes introduces Socrates sitting on a hanger to raise a laugh, as [if he were] a stargazer.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Κρεμάθρα· μετέωρόν τι κατασκεύασμα, ἐν ᾧ ἐτίθεσαν τὰ περιττεύοντα ὄψα. κρεμάθρα δὲ εἴρηται διὰ τὸ ἀεὶ κρεμαμένην μετέωρον εἶναι. εἰσάγει δὲ Ἀριστοφάνης τὸν Σωκράτην ἐπὶ κρεμάθρας καθήμενον γελοίου χάριν, ὡς μετεωρολέσχην.
Betacode
*krema/qra: mete/wro/n ti kataskeu/asma, e)n w(=| e)ti/qesan ta\ peritteu/onta o)/ya. krema/qra de\ ei)/rhtai dia\ to\ a)ei\ kremame/nhn mete/wron ei)=nai. ei)sa/gei de\ *)aristofa/nhs to\n *swkra/thn e)pi\ krema/qras kaqh/menon geloi/ou xa/rin, w(s metewrole/sxhn.
Notes
- From the scholia to Aristophanes, Clouds 218 (web address 1).
'It seems most likely that Socrates is sitting comfortably in a sling formed by attaching a rope from each corner of a four-cornered mat to the hook on the end of a rope. To that extent we can speak of him as sitting in a basket' (Dover ad loc.).
For this headword cf. under epsilon 1898.
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
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Revision history3 revisions · last 17 Mar 2013
- Revised — David Whitehead
- x-ref — David Whitehead
- added link, set status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — David Whitehead