Μωρότερος Μωρύχου
more stupid than Morychos; more stupid than Morychus
Translated by Ioannis Doukas17 Jul 2009Vetting: high6 revisions
Translation
Polemon1 [says] that this [proverb] is used by the Sicilians, thus: "you are more stupid than Morychus, who having left things indoors sits outside the house".2 Morychus, among them, [is] Dionysus [referred to] by an epithet, because of his face being soiled in the vintage with must and figs. [The verb] moru/cai ['to soil'] [means] to stain. At any rate Homer says memoruxhme/nos [sc. for] memolumme/nos .3 He [sc. Dionysus] was accused of simplemindedness, because his statue stood outside the temple in the open air, next to the entrance. [The proverb] is applied to those who do something simple-minded.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Μωρότερος Μωρύχου· Πολέμων λέγεσθαι ταύτην παρὰ Σικελιώταις οὕτως· μωρότερος εἶ Μωρύχου, ὃς τἄνδον ἀφεὶς ἔξω τῆς οἰκίας κάθηται. Μώρυχος δὲ παρ' αὐτοῖς ὁ Διόνυσος κατ' ἐπίθετον, διὰ τὸ μολύνεσθαι αὐτοῦ τὸ πρόσωπον ἐν τῇ τρύγῃ γλεύκει τε καὶ σύκοις. μορύξαι δὲ τὸ μολῦναι. Ὅμηρος γοῦν τὸ μεμολυμμένος μεμορυχημένος φησίν. εὐήθειαν δὲ τούτου καταγνωσθῆναι, παρόσον ἔξω τοῦ νεὼ ἐν ὑπαίθρῳ αὐτοῦ τὸ ἄγαλμα καθίδρυται παρὰ τῇ εἰσόδῳ. τάττεται δὲ ἐπὶ τῶν εὔηθές τι διαπραττομένων.
Betacode
*mwro/teros *mwru/xou: *pole/mwn le/gesqai tau/thn para\ *sikeliw/tais ou(/tws: mwro/teros ei)= *mwru/xou, o(\s ta)/ndon a)fei\s e)/cw th=s oi)ki/as ka/qhtai. *mw/ruxos de\ par' au)toi=s o( *dio/nusos kat' e)pi/qeton, dia\ to\ molu/nesqai au)tou= to\ pro/swpon e)n th=| tru/gh| gleu/kei te kai\ su/kois. moru/cai de\ to\ molu=nai. *(/omhros gou=n to\ memolumme/nos memoruxhme/nos fhsi/n. eu)h/qeian de\ tou/tou katagnwsqh=nai, paro/son e)/cw tou= new\ e)n u(pai/qrw| au)tou= to\ a)/galma kaqi/drutai para\ th=| ei)so/dw|. ta/ttetai de\ e)pi\ tw=n eu)/hqe/s ti diaprattome/nwn.
Notes (3)
- For this proverb -- m-alliterative in the Greek -- see also Photius, Lexicon mu652 Theodoridis (the precursor of the present entry), Zenobius 5.13, and Michael Apostolius 11.91; cf. Plutarch,
*paroimi/ai ai(=s *)Alecandrei=s e)xrw=nto 1.40 (s.v.*mwru/xou *dionu/sou ) and Pausanias,*)attikw=n o)noma/twn sunagwgh/ s.v.mwro/teros ei)= *moru/xou . Also mu 1266 and tau 822. - 1Of the four persons of the same name, this is the one under pi 1888 (q.v.); = fr.73 Preller. ↩
- 2Sophron [sigma 893] fr. 74 Kaibel, now 73 K.-A. ↩
- 3Actually
memorugme/na formemoruxhme/na ; Homer, Odyssey 13.435 (web address 1). ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Linked from3 entries
- μ1264ΜόρυχοςMorychos, MorychusA proper name. [sc. It was he] who used to be ridiculed in comedy for dainty living; he was one of the hedonists; [also] a tragic poet. And Aristophanes: [says] "o you, beloved and craved for so long, [...] dear to…
- μ1266ΜόρυχοςMorychos, Morychus[That] which is like a kind of Morychos and a sagma; a sagma [is] the weapon's covering. And [sc. there is] a proverb: 'more foolish/simple than Morychos'; in reference to those doing something foolish/simple. It is an…
- μ1341Μωρόςdull, stupid[Meaning] one who is mindless.
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Revision history6 revisions · last 18 May 2016
- coding — David Whitehead
- expanded n.2 — David Whitehead
- augmented and expanded notes — David Whitehead
- Revised — David Whitehead
- betacode cosmeticule — Catharine Roth
- modified tr; more keywords; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Ioannis Doukas