Νεώνητον
new-bought
Translated by Nick Nicholas5 Sep 2009Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] recently purchased. For Kleon was not an Athenian by birth, but a recent arrival in the citizen body. It is apparent through this that the Athenians are being rebuked, that they should have faith in genuine [Athenians], and those who have much benefited the city; instead they were honouring Kleon more. For we are brought up so that, out of the household slaves, we have more faith in those who have been born and fed with us at home, rather than those we have acquired through purchase.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Νεώνητον· τὸν νεωστὶ ἠγορασμένον. ἐπεὶ μὴ ἐκ γένους ἦν Ἀθηναῖος ὁ Κλέων, ἀλλὰ νεωστὶ προσεληλυθὼς τῇ πολιτείᾳ. ἐμφαίνει δὲ διὰ τούτων, ὅτι καὶ τῶν Ἀθηναίων καθάπτεται, ὅτι δέον πιστεύειν αὐτοὺς τοῖς γνησίοις καὶ πολλὰ τὴν πόλιν εὐεργετηκόσιν, οἱ δὲ μᾶλλον ἐτίμων τὸν Κλέωνα. πεφύκαμεν γὰρ καὶ τῶν οἰκετῶν μᾶλλον πιστεύειν τοῖς οἴκοι γεννηθεῖσι καὶ συντραφεῖσιν, ἢ οἷς ἂν ἐπικτησώμεθα πριάμενοι.
Betacode
*new/nhton: to\n newsti\ h)gorasme/non. e)pei\ mh\ e)k ge/nous h)=n *)aqhnai=os o( *kle/wn, a)lla\ newsti\ proselhluqw\s th=| politei/a|. e)mfai/nei de\ dia\ tou/twn, o(/ti kai\ tw=n *)aqhnai/wn kaqa/ptetai, o(/ti de/on pisteu/ein au)tou\s toi=s gnhsi/ois kai\ polla\ th\n po/lin eu)ergethko/sin, oi( de\ ma=llon e)ti/mwn to\n *kle/wna. pefu/kamen ga\r kai\ tw=n oi)ketw=n ma=llon pisteu/ein toi=s oi)/koi gennhqei=si kai\ suntrafei=sin, h)\ oi(=s a)\n e)pikthsw/meqa pria/menoi.
Notes
- The entry is taken from the scholia to Aristophanes, Knights 2, where the headword adjective occurs in the cited masculine accusative singular: "May the gods destroy with evil the evil new-bought Paphlagonian, for his decisions" (web address 1).
On Kleon (who is satirised as a Paphlagonian slave, but was nothing of the sort), see kappa 1731.
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
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Revision history4 revisions · last 25 Oct 2020
- typos — Catharine Roth
- Revised — David Whitehead
- more keywords; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
- tweaked link, added keywords, set status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — Nick Nicholas