Νικοχάρης
Nikochares, Nicochares
Translated by David Whitehead22 Sep 2003Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
Son of the comic poet Philonides,1 a comic poet [sc. himself], contemporary with the comic poet Aristophanes.2 His plays include Amymone, Pelops, Galateia, Herakles Marrying, Herakles the Chorus-leader, Cretans, Spartans, Lemnian Women, Centaurs, Hand-bellies.3
Greek original · Adler’s text
Νικοχάρης, Φιλωνίδου τοῦ κωμικοῦ, Ἀθηναῖος, κωμικός, σύγχρονος Ἀριστοφάνους. τῶν δραμάτων αὐτοῦ Ἀμυμώνη, Πέλοψ, Γαλάτεια, Ἡρακλῆς γαμῶν, Ἡρακλῆς χορηγός, Κρῆτες, Λάκωνες, Λήμνιαι, Κένταυροι, Χειρογάστορες.
Betacode
*nikoxa/rhs, *filwni/dou tou= kwmikou=, *)aqhnai=os, kwmiko/s, su/gxronos *)aristofa/nous. tw=n drama/twn au)tou= *)amumw/nh, *pe/loy, *gala/teia, *(hraklh=s gamw=n, *(hraklh=s xorhgo/s, *krh=tes, *la/kwnes, *lh/mniai, *ke/ntauroi, *xeiroga/stores.
Notes (3)
- C5/4 BCE. OCD4 Nicochares; PCG 7.39ff.
- 1Philonides: phi 450. ↩
- 2Aristophanes: alpha 3932. ↩
- 3In nu 406 the comic poet Nikophon is given credit for a play with a similar title: Handy-bellies (or Living with their Hands:
e)gxeiroga/stores ). ↩
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- Translated — David Whitehead