Μανιῶν
of follies, of madnesses
Translated by Ioannis Doukas13 May 2009Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
In the plural. Instead of 'of folly/madness'. "You have arrived to such a point of follies/madnesses".1 They also use [the word] in the singular, but mostly in the plural.
"For you hear a sample of his follies/madnesses. Aristophanes [sc. says this].2
And Homer places drunkenness in the same mould as folly.3
"For you hear a sample of his follies/madnesses. Aristophanes [sc. says this].2
And Homer places drunkenness in the same mould as folly.3
Greek original · Adler’s text
Μανιῶν· πληθυντικῶς. ἀντὶ τοῦ μανίας. σὺ δ' εἰς τοσοῦτον τῶν μανιῶν ἐλήλυθας. λέγουσι δὲ καὶ ἑνικῶς, τὸ δὲ πλεῖστον πληθυντικῶς. τὸ γὰρ παράδειγμα τῶν μανιῶν ἀκούετε. Ἀριστοφάνης. καὶ Ὅμηρος εἰς τὴν αὐτὴν πλάστιγγα τῇ μανίᾳ τὴν μέθην τίθησιν.
Betacode
*maniw=n: plhquntikw=s. a)nti\ tou= mani/as. su\ d' ei)s tosou=ton tw=n maniw=n e)lh/luqas. le/gousi de\ kai\ e(nikw=s, to\ de\ plei=ston plhquntikw=s. to\ ga\r para/deigma tw=n maniw=n a)kou/ete. *)aristofa/nhs. kai\ *(/omhros ei)s th\n au)th\n pla/stigga th=| mani/a| th\n me/qhn ti/qhsin.
Notes (3)
- See also mu 152.
- 1Aristophanes, Clouds 832 (web address 1). See also the corresponding scholia, according to which the use of the plural is an Attic grammatical phenomenon. This verse is also quoted in chi 388. ↩
- 2Aristophanes, Peace 65 (web address 2), again with the scholia thereto. ↩
- 3Attributed by Valckenaer to Aelian. More fully at pi 1696, where Homer, Iliad 20.83-84 (web address 3) is quoted. (Its relevance is that, according to the disguised Apollo, Aeneas's boasts were made in his cups.) ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
- Web address 2 perseus.tufts.edu
- Web address 3 perseus.tufts.edu
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Revision history4 revisions · last 7 Jul 2020
- cross-reference — Catharine Roth
- Revised — David Whitehead
- upgraded links — Catharine Roth
- augmented n.3; more keywords; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Ioannis Doukas