Κύκνου
than a swan
Translated by William Hutton28 Mar 2008Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
"Greyer than a swan indeed, these hairs that sprout.1 But [one must] take a youthful outlook even from these remains: that I consider my old age to be [better] than the ringlets and the shapeliness and the arse-gaping of many youths."
Greek original · Adler’s text
Κύκνου πολιώτεροι δὴ οἵδ' ἐπανθοῦσι τρίχας. ἀλλὰ κἀκ τῶν λειψάνων καὶ τῶνδε γνώμην νεανικὴν ἔχειν· ὡς ἐγὼ τοὐμὸν νομίζω γῆρας εἶναι, ἢ πολλῶν κικίννους νεανιῶν καὶ σχῆμα καὶ εὐρυπρωκτίαν.
Betacode
*ku/knou poliw/teroi dh\ oi(/d' e)panqou=si tri/xas. a)lla\ ka)k tw=n leiya/nwn kai\ tw=nde gnw/mhn neanikh\n e)/xein: w(s e)gw\ tou)mo\n nomi/zw gh=ras ei)=nai, h)\ pollw=n kiki/nnous neaniw=n kai\ sxh=ma kai\ eu)ruprwkti/an.
Notes (1)
- Aristophanes, Wasps 1064-1070 (web address 1), here abridged into near-gibberish. (Kappa 1597 does better.)
- 1Reading (with Aristophanes) nominative plural
tri/xes in place of the Suda's accusative pluraltri/xas . ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
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Revision history3 revisions · last 1 Mar 2020
- cosmeticule — Catharine Roth
- Revised — David Whitehead
- x-ref; more keywords; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — William Hutton