Καλλιφάνης
Kalliphanes, Calliphanes
Translated by David Whitehead30 May 2005Vetting: high6 revisions
Translation
son of Parabrykon ['Voracious']. [A name] applied to those pretending erudition. For this man, by declaiming the copied-out beginnings of many poems and speeches, as far as their third or fourth lines, pretended a reputation for erudition.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Καλλιφάνης, ὁ Παραβρύκοντος. ἐπὶ τῶν προσποιουμένων πολυμάθειαν. οὗτος γὰρ ἀρχὰς ποιημάτων πολλῶν καὶ λόγων συγγεγραμμένων ἄχρι τριῶν ἢ τεσσάρων στίχων ἀπαγγέλλων πολυμαθείας δόξαν προσεποιεῖτο.
Betacode
*kallifa/nhs, o( *parabru/kontos. e)pi\ tw=n prospoioume/nwn poluma/qeian. ou(=tos ga\r a)rxa\s poihma/twn pollw=n kai\ lo/gwn suggegramme/nwn a)/xri triw=n h)\ tessa/rwn sti/xwn a)pagge/llwn polumaqei/as do/can prosepoiei=to.
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- Revised — David Whitehead
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- Translated — David Whitehead