Λιθουργικὴ
stone-working
Translated by David Whitehead5 May 2003Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
[Stone-working] and stone-polishing are different. Stone-working [is the task] which those who work in the mines perform: cutting the stones. But stone-polishing is what is done by those who grind down and beautify the stones so that each of their works takes on a good appearance. Lysias in the [speech] In reply to Nausias, concerning the carving [writes]: "[...] but because there are three skills in the work, stone-working and stone-polishing and, in addition, creating the luxury".1
Greek original · Adler’s text
Λιθουργικὴ καὶ λιθοτριβικὴ διαφέρει. ἡ μὲν λιθουργική, ἣν ἐν τοῖς μετάλλοις ἐργάζονται οἱ τέμνοντες τοὺς λίθους, ἡ δὲ λιθοτριβική ἐστιν, ἣν μετίασιν οἱ καταξαίνοντες καὶ κοσμοῦντες τοὺς λίθους ὥστ' ἀπειληφέναι τὴν εὐπρέπειαν ἕκαστον τῶν ἔργων. Λυσίας ἐν τῷ πρὸς Ναυσίαν περὶ τοῦ τύπου· ἀλλὰ διὰ τὸ τρεῖς τέχνας ἐργάζεσθαι, τήν τε λιθουργικὴν καὶ λιθοτριβικὴν καὶ πρὸς τούτοις τὸ τετρυφηκέναι.
Betacode
*liqourgikh\ kai\ liqotribikh\ diafe/rei. h( me\n liqourgikh/, h(\n e)n toi=s meta/llois e)rga/zontai oi( te/mnontes tou\s li/qous, h( de\ liqotribikh/ e)stin, h(\n meti/asin oi( katacai/nontes kai\ kosmou=ntes tou\s li/qous w(/st' a)peilhfe/nai th\n eu)pre/peian e(/kaston tw=n e)/rgwn. *lusi/as e)n tw=| pro\s *nausi/an peri\ tou= tu/pou: a)lla\ dia\ to\ trei=s te/xnas e)rga/zesqai, th/n te liqourgikh\n kai\ liqotribikh\n kai\ pro\s tou/tois to\ tetrufhke/nai.
Notes (1)
- cf. lambda 525.
- 1Lysias fr. 186 Sauppe (now 238 Carey OCT). ↩
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Revision history3 revisions · last 18 Apr 2013
- Revised — David Whitehead
- x-ref — David Whitehead
- modified translation, set status — William Hutton
- Translated — David Whitehead