Καλοί
beautiful [youths]
Translated by David Whitehead23 Dec 2003Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
Aristophanes [writes]: "they1 used to write on the walls: Athenians [are] beautiful2". It was a peculiarity of lovers to write the names of their beloveds on walls or trees or leaves of trees, thus: So-and-so [is] beautiful.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Καλοί· Ἀριστοφάνης· ἐν τοῖσι τοίχοις ἔγραφον· Ἀθηναίοις καλός. ἴδιον ἐραστῶν ἦν τὸ τὰ τῶν ἐρωμένων ὀνόματα γράφειν ἐν τοῖς τοίχοις ἢ δένδροις ἢ φύλλοις δένδρων, οὕτως· ὁ δεῖνα καλός.