Μηλιακὸν πλοῖον
Melian boat
Translated by David Whitehead8 Jul 2001Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to boats which are old and leak too much. For [the story goes that] when Hippotes was being sent out to [sc. found] a colony he called down curses on those who had refused to sail with him: their boats would never be watertight and they would [always] be ruled by women.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Μηλιακὸν πλοῖον· ἐπὶ τῶν παλαιῶν καὶ ἄγαν ἐκρεόντων πλοίων· Ἱππότην γὰρ εἰς ἀποικίαν στελλόμενον τοῖς μὴ βουληθεῖσιν αὐτῷ συμπλεῖν καταράσασθαι, μήτε πλοῖα στεγανὰ αὐτοῖς γενέσθαι ποτε καὶ γυναικοκρατεῖσθαι.
Betacode
*mhliako\n ploi=on: e)pi\ tw=n palaiw=n kai\ a)/gan e)kreo/ntwn ploi/wn: *(ippo/thn ga\r ei)s a)poiki/an stello/menon toi=s mh\ boulhqei=sin au)tw=| sumplei=n katara/sasqai, mh/te ploi=a stegana\ au)toi=s gene/sqai pote kai\ gunaikokratei=sqai.
Notes
- Somewhat more fully at tau 752 (as "The Melian boat"); see the notes there.
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Revision history4 revisions · last 21 May 2013
- Revised — David Whitehead
- tweaks — David Whitehead
- more keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- cosmetics, added keywords, set status — William Hutton
- Translated — David Whitehead