Κυλλοῦ Πήραν
Gimp's Pouch
Translated by William Hutton7 Apr 2008Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
The Pouch [is] a place by Hymettos,1 in which there is a shrine of Aphrodite and a spring. Women who drink from the spring give birth easily, and those who are infertile become fertile. Kratinos in Softies calls it Kallia,2 but some call it Gimp's-pouch [*kullouph/ra ]. The proverb is applied to those who do violence to nature on purpose.3
Aelian [writes]: "the cock standing on the one foot stretched out the one that was maimed and gimpy, as though calling for witnesses and making clear how he had suffered."4
Aelian [writes]: "the cock standing on the one foot stretched out the one that was maimed and gimpy, as though calling for witnesses and making clear how he had suffered."4
Greek original · Adler’s text
Κυλλοῦ Πήραν· ἡ Πήρα χωρίον πρὸς τῷ Ὑμηττῷ, ἐν ᾧ ἱερὸν Ἀφροδίτης καὶ κρήνη, ἐξ ἧς αἱ πιοῦσαι εὐτοκοῦσι καὶ αἱ ἄγονοι γόνιμοι γίνονται. Κρατῖνος δὲ ἐν Μαλθακοῖς Καλλίαν αὐτήν φησιν, οἱ δὲ Κυλλουπήραν. τάττεται δὲ ἡ παροιμία ἐπὶ τῶν τὴν φύσιν βιαζομένων ἐξ ἐπιτεχνήσεως. Αἰλιανός· ὁ δὲ ἀλεκτρυὼν ἑστὼς ἐπὶ θατέρου ποδὸς προὔτεινε τὸν λελωβημένον καὶ κυλλόν, ὥσπερ οὖν μαρτυρόμενος καὶ ἐμφαίνων, οἷα ἐπεπόνθει.
Betacode
*kullou= *ph/ran: h( *ph/ra xwri/on pro\s tw=| *(umhttw=|, e)n w(=| i(ero\n *)afrodi/ths kai\ krh/nh, e)c h(=s ai( piou=sai eu)tokou=si kai\ ai( a)/gonoi go/nimoi gi/nontai. *krati=nos de\ e)n *malqakoi=s *kalli/an au)th/n fhsin, oi( de\ *kullouph/ran. ta/ttetai de\ h( paroimi/a e)pi\ tw=n th\n fu/sin biazome/nwn e)c e)pitexnh/sews. *ai)liano/s: o( de\ a)lektruw\n e(stw\s e)pi\ qate/rou podo\s prou)/teine to\n lelwbhme/non kai\ kullo/n, w(/sper ou)=n marturo/menos kai\ e)mfai/nwn, oi(=a e)pepo/nqei.
Notes (4)
- See also kappa 2670 and kappa 2671.
- 1Mt. Hymettus, in Attica (upsilon 110, upsilon 111). ↩
- 2Cratinus fr. 102 Kock, now 110 K.-A. ↩
- 3= Pausanias the Atticist kappa54; Photius, Lexicon kappa1193 Theodoridis. 'Proverb': see e.g. Appendix Proverbiorum 3.52. ↩
- 4Aelian fr.98 Hercher. ↩
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- κ2671Κυλλόςgimpy[Meaning] someone disabled not only in the foot, but also in the hand as well. 'Lame' also applies to both foot and hand. But some read 'of Gimpy' [*ku/llou] as [an error for?] 'of Kyknos' [*ku/knou]. They used to…
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Revision history4 revisions · last 2 May 2016
- Revised — David Whitehead
- updated a ref — David Whitehead
- Revised — David Whitehead
- more notes; another keyword; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — William Hutton