Κάλως
cord
Translated by Ryan Stone8 Mar 2008Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] a rope.1
And [there is] a saying: "to move every rope". [Aristophanes] says it figuratively from the mast. You must unfurl the sails; that is, move everything with a view to prevailing over him.2
Also [sc. attested is]ka/lws , [genitive] ka/lw , in Attic.3
Aristophanes [writes] in Frogs: "there is one [sc. way to Hades] from a cord and a stool."4 From the nominative [form]ka/lws .
And [there is] a saying: "to move every rope". [Aristophanes] says it figuratively from the mast. You must unfurl the sails; that is, move everything with a view to prevailing over him.2
Also [sc. attested is]
Aristophanes [writes] in Frogs: "there is one [sc. way to Hades] from a cord and a stool."4 From the nominative [form]