Λυκιουργίς
Lykian-ware, Lycian-ware
Translated by David Whitehead6 Dec 2000Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
Demosthenes in the [speech] Against Timotheos uses the expression.1 Didymos asserts that the bowls manufactured by Lykios the son of Myron were referred to in this way.2 But the grammarian seems to be unaware that one would not find such an expression arising from proper names, rather from cities and peoples; like "a couch Milesian-made"3 and the like. So perhaps one should write, in Herodotus [book] seven, not two hunting-spears "wolf-made" but "Lykian-made", in order that, just as in Demosthenes, they may be described as being of Lykian manufacture.4
Greek original · Adler’s text
Λυκιουργίς· Δημοσθένης ἐν τῷ πρὸς Τιμόθεον κέχρηται τῇ λέξει. Δίδυμος δέ φησι τὰς ὑπὸ Λυκίου κατεσκευασμένας φιάλας τοῦ Μύρωνος υἱοῦ οὕτως εἰρῆσθαι. ἔοικε δὲ ἀγνοεῖν ὁ γραμματικός, ὅτι τὸν τοιοῦτον σχηματισμὸν ἀπὸ κυρίων ὀνομάτων οὐκ ἄν τις εὕροι γινόμενον, μᾶλλον δ' ἀπὸ πόλεων καὶ ἐθνῶν· ὡς κλίνη Μηλισιουργὶς καὶ τὰ ὅμοια. μήποτε οὖν γραπτέον καὶ παρὰ Ἡροδότῳ ἐν τῷ ηʹ ἀντὶ τοῦ προβόλους δύο Λυκοεργέας, Λυκιοεργέας, ἵνα ὥσπερ παρὰ τῷ Δημοσθένει, οὕτως ὀνομάζηται τὰ ἐν Λυκίῳ εἰργασμένα.
Betacode
*lukiourgi/s: *dhmosqe/nhs e)n tw=| pro\s *timo/qeon ke/xrhtai th=| le/cei. *di/dumos de/ fhsi ta\s u(po\ *luki/ou kateskeuasme/nas fia/las tou= *mu/rwnos ui(ou= ou(/tws ei)rh=sqai. e)/oike de\ a)gnoei=n o( grammatiko/s, o(/ti to\n toiou=ton sxhmatismo\n a)po\ kuri/wn o)noma/twn ou)k a)/n tis eu(/roi gino/menon, ma=llon d' a)po\ po/lewn kai\ e)qnw=n: w(s kli/nh *mhlisiourgi\s kai\ ta\ o(/moia. mh/pote ou)=n grapte/on kai\ para\ *(hrodo/tw| e)n tw=| h# a)nti\ tou= probo/lous du/o *lukoerge/as, *lukioerge/as, i(/na w(/sper para\ tw=| *dhmosqe/nei, ou(/tws o)noma/zhtai ta\ e)n *luki/w| ei)rgasme/na.
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Revision history4 revisions · last 12 Jul 2011
- augmented notes and keywords; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
- another keyword — David Whitehead
- augmented notes and keywords — David Whitehead
- cosmetics, keyword, status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — David Whitehead