Μετὰ μουσῶν
among muses, with muses
Translated by Max Eager3 Aug 2009Vetting: high2 revisions
Translation
[sc. A proverbial phrase used] in reference to someone who has had an education; or in common usage to an uneducated man associating with the educated. It should be read as a response.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Μετὰ μουσῶν· ἐπὶ τοῦ πεπαιδευμένου· ἢ κοινῇ ἐπὶ τοῦ συνόντος ἀπαιδεύτου τοῖς πεπαιδευμένοις. καθ' ὑπόκρισιν δὲ ἀναγνωστέον.
Betacode
*meta\ mousw=n: e)pi\ tou= pepaideume/nou: h)\ koinh=| e)pi\ tou= suno/ntos a)paideu/tou toi=s pepaideume/nois. kaq' u(po/krisin de\ a)nagnwste/on.
Notes
- See the paroemiographers (e.g. Diogenianus 6.50, Apostolius 11.28) -- where however word-division sometimes produces almost the opposite phrase: not
meta\ mousw=n butmet' a)mou/swn ; cf. epsilon 1112.
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Revision history2 revisions · last 17 May 2013
- Revised — David Whitehead
- modified tr; supplied notes and more keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Max Eager