Λυκαβηττὸς
Lykabettos, Lycabettus
Translated by David Whitehead12 Sep 2001Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
[Lykabettos] and Parnassos [are] very large mountains, one in Attika and the other in Phokis. "If you are speaking to us of Lykabettoses and the heights of Parnassoses, is this teaching what is useful?".1 In reference to those boasting for some reason. Aristophanes [sc. says this].
Greek original · Adler’s text
Λυκαβηττὸς καὶ Παρνασσὸς ὄρη μέγιστα, τὸ μὲν τῆς Ἀττικῆς, τὸ δὲ τῆς Φωκίδος. ἦν σὺ λέγῃς ἡμῖν Λυκαβηττοὺς καὶ Παρνασσῶν μεγέθη, τουτέστι τὸ χρηστὰ διδάσκειν. ἐπὶ τῶν εἴς τι μεγαλαυχούντων. Ἀριστοφάνης.
Betacode
*lukabhtto\s kai\ *parnasso\s o)/rh me/gista, to\ me\n th=s *)attikh=s, to\ de\ th=s *fwki/dos. h)=n su\ le/gh|s h(mi=n *lukabhttou\s kai\ *parnassw=n mege/qh, toute/sti to\ xrhsta\ dida/skein. e)pi\ tw=n ei)/s ti megalauxou/ntwn. *)aristofa/nhs.
Notes (1)
- 1Aristophanes, Frogs 1056-7 (web address 1), with comment from the scholia there. Some editors have followed Bentley in emending Parnassos to Parnes (which is also, like Lykabettos, within Athenian territory); Dover retains Parnassos, and sees nothing odd in its being a "mountain" of a quite different order of magnitude. ↩
References
Aristophanes, Frogs, edited with introduction and commentary by K.J. Dover (Oxford 1993)
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
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Revision history3 revisions · last 23 Apr 2013
- Revised — David Whitehead
- augmented note; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- added link, set status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — David Whitehead