Λυκόστομος

wolf-mouth

Translated by David Whitehead21 Jan 2007Vetting: high5 revisions

2 notes · 36 words
[Wolf-mouth] and krasicholos: names of an anchovy; that is, of a grayling.1
And elsewhere: "he passed not from men into [being] a wolf, as in the Arcadian story, but from a king into a harsh tyrant".2

Greek original · Adler’s text

Λυκόστομος καὶ Κρασίχολος· ἐπίθετα ἀφύης· ὅ ἐστιν ἐγγραύλεως. καὶ αὖθις· οὐ λύκος ἐξ ἀνθρώπων, κατὰ τὸν Ἀρκαδικὸν μῦθον, ἀλλὰ τύραννος ἐκ βασιλέως ἀπέβη πικρός.

Betacode
*luko/stomos kai\ *krasi/xolos: e)pi/qeta a)fu/hs: o(/ e)stin e)ggrau/lews. kai\ au)=qis: ou) lu/kos e)c a)nqrw/pwn, kata\ to\n *)arkadiko\n mu=qon, a)lla\ tu/rannos e)k basile/ws a)pe/bh pikro/s.

Notes (2)

  1. 1For the first of these see Aelian, History of Animals 8.18, 13.2; and cf. alpha 4660. ↩
  2. 2Polybius 7.13.7 -- abridged: he attributes 'the Arcadian story' to Plato (Republic 565D) -- on Philip V of Macedon (phi 355). ↩

Neighbouring entries

λ817Λύκος περὶ φρέαρ χορεύειa wolf is dancing round a wellλ818Λύκος χανώνa wolf gapingλ819Λυκόστομοςwolf-mouthλ820Λύκου δεκάςLykos' ten-company, Lycus' ten-companyλ821ΛύκοςLykos, Lycus
Revision history5 revisions · last 24 Jun 2020
  1. coding — Catharine Roth
  2. tweaking — David Whitehead
  3. typo — David Whitehead
  4. augmented n.2 and keywords — David Whitehead
  5. set status — Catharine Roth
  6. Translated — David Whitehead

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