Μήτε πλαστὰν μήτε μιμηλάν

neither sculpted nor copied

Translated by David Whitehead7 Aug 2006Vetting: high3 revisions

9 words
Meaning neither a sculpted image nor a painted one.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Μήτε πλαστὰν μήτε μιμηλάν· ἀντὶ τοῦ μήτε πλαστὴν εἰκόνα μήτε γραπτήν.

Betacode
*mh/te plasta\n mh/te mimhla/n: a)nti\ tou= mh/te plasth\n ei)ko/na mh/te grapth/n.

Notes

  1. cf. Plutarch, Spartan Sayings 210D, where this is part of a dictum attributed to King Agesilaus (alpha 229): "let there be no image of me (sc. in the cities of Asia Minor) painted or sculpted or constructed"; and mu 1075. The saying is reported with Doric dialect forms.

References


P.A. Cartledge, Agesilaos (1987) 342

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Revision history3 revisions · last 22 May 2013
  1. Revised — David Whitehead
  2. added bibliography — David Whitehead
  3. added keyword, augmented note, set status — Catharine Roth
  4. Translated — David Whitehead

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