Λάσθη
mockery
Translated by David Whitehead17 Sep 2008Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
Aelian [writes]: "they say that he did not, out of pride and mockery, (?)substitute additional or imported hair, but by training and extending the natural growth that he had."1 And elsewhere: "with mockery and laughter the Messenians scattered the first offerings of Zeus, as if [they were] a plaything of the Spartans".2
Greek original · Adler’s text
Λάσθη· Αἰλιανός· λέγουσι δέ, ὅτι οὐδὲ προσθέτους οὐδὲ ἐπακτοὺς κόμας ἐκ τῆς ὕβρεως καὶ λάσθης ἐς τὴν χρείαν παρελάμβανεν, ἀλλὰ ἃς εἶχε συμφυεῖς ἀσκῶν καὶ ἐκτείνων. καὶ αὖθις· οἱ δὲ Μεσσήνιοι σὺν λάσθῃ καὶ γέλωτι, ὥσπερ ἄθυρμα τῶν Σπαρτιατῶν, τὰ πρῶτα τοῦ Διὸς ἀναθήματα διέσπειραν.
Betacode
*la/sqh: *ai)liano/s: le/gousi de/, o(/ti ou)de\ prosqe/tous ou)de\ e)paktou\s ko/mas e)k th=s u(/brews kai\ la/sqhs e)s th\n xrei/an parela/mbanen, a)lla\ a(\s ei)=xe sumfuei=s a)skw=n kai\ e)ktei/nwn. kai\ au)=qis: oi( de\ *messh/nioi su\n la/sqh| kai\ ge/lwti, w(/sper a)/qurma tw=n *spartiatw=n, ta\ prw=ta tou= *dio\s a)naqh/mata die/speiran.
Notes (2)
- 1Aelian fr. 158 Domingo-Forasté (155 Hercher); context (and individual) unidentifiable. ↩
- 2Aelian fr. 285a Domingo-Forasté (287 Hercher). (Bernhardy proposed "ridiculed" (
die/suran ) instead of "scattered".) For the Messenians, of the SW Peloponnese, cf. (e.g.) alpha 2233, epsilon 2405, iota 626, mu 659, tau 898, tau 1205, phi 132. ↩
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Revision history5 revisions · last 3 Apr 2013
- Revised — David Whitehead
- updated reference in note 1 — Catharine Roth
- updated reference in note 2 — Catharine Roth
- augmented n.2 — David Whitehead
- set status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — David Whitehead