Κρητικός
Cretic, Cretan
Translated by Catharine Roth19 Jan 2001Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Κρητικός· ῥυθμός ἐστιν οὕτω καλούμενος. Ἀριστοφάνης· ὑπανακινεῖν Κρητικῶς τὼ πόδε.
Betacode
*krhtiko/s: r(uqmo/s e)stin ou(/tw kalou/menos. *)aristofa/nhs: u(panakinei=n *krhtikw=s tw\ po/de.
Notes (2)
- 1There is a metrical unit known as the cretic, consisting of a long syllable, two shorts, and a long (see web address 1). This may or may not be related to the "Cretan rhythm" to which Aristophanes refers (see next note). ↩
- 2Adverbial form of the headword: Aristophanes, Ecclesiazusae 1165 (see web address 2), with scholion. C.G. Cobet emended the infinitive to
u(papokinei=n "to move away", followed by a full stop. This makes "to move away to dinner" separate from what follows, "So [omitted by Suda here] you too move your feet Cretan-style". This punctuation is now orthodox, whatever the verb. ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
- Web address 2 perseus.tufts.edu
Linked from2 entries
- κ2399ΚρήσιοςCretan[*Krh/sios means the same as] *Krhtiko/s. "It is said that the Carians ruled the sea after Minos the Cretan."
- μ536Μέλος τι μελλοδειπνικόν[I will sing] a certain beginning-of-dinner tune"Raise up [a kind of going-to-dinner song], the two Cretan feet." Aristophanes [writes]: "for soon after follows the lopado-temacho-selacho-galeo-kra-..."
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Revision history4 revisions · last 6 Sep 2013
- tweaked notes and link — Catharine Roth
- upgraded link — Catharine Roth
- more keywords; tweaking — David Whitehead
- augmented note; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth