Νέα χελιδών
new swallow
Translated by David Whitehead31 Aug 2008Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
[sc. A phrase used] in reference to those deceiving people.1 Aristophanes in Birds [writes]: "for deceiving the butchers, saying this kind of thing: 'Look, boys, don't you see? A new swallow'; and they would look, and I meanwhile would steal from their meats."2
Greek original · Adler’s text
Νέα χελιδών· ἐπὶ τῶν ἐξαπατώντων τινας. Ἀριστοφάνης Ὄρνισιν· ἐξηπάτων γὰρ τοὺς μαγείρους, λέγων τοιαυτί· σκέψασθε παῖδες, οὐχ ὁρᾶτ'; ἆρα νέα χελιδών. οἱ δ' ἔβλεπον κἀγὼ 'ν τοσούτῳ τῶν κρεῶν ἔκλεπτον.
Betacode
*ne/a xelidw/n: e)pi\ tw=n e)capatw/ntwn tinas. *)aristofa/nhs *)/ornisin: e)chpa/twn ga\r tou\s magei/rous, le/gwn toiauti/: ske/yasqe pai=des, ou)x o(ra=t'; a)=ra ne/a xelidw/n. oi( d' e)/blepon ka)gw\ 'n tosou/tw| tw=n krew=n e)/klepton.
Notes (2)
- 1Taken up (as this glossing phrase suggests) by the paroemiographers: see e.g. Apostolius 11.98. ↩
- 2Aristophanes, Knights 418-420 (web address 1). Adler passes no comment on the Suda's misidentification of the play. ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
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Revision history3 revisions · last 5 Jun 2013
- Revised — David Whitehead
- expanded note; tweak — David Whitehead
- added link, set status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — David Whitehead