Ὡς καλόν
how fine
Translated by David Whitehead1 Jan 2004Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
["How fine,] o Poseidon, [is] their array, and crowded and grim just like a barley-cake and a complete banquet." For whenever they dine in common, with each bringing his own dinner, everything seems crowded, with people carrying foodstuffs here and the diners themselves there.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ὡς καλόν, ὦ Πόσειδον, τὸ στῖφος αὐτῶν, καὶ πυκνὸν καὶ γοργὸν ὥσπερ μᾶζα καὶ πανδαισία· ὅταν γὰρ εἰς κοινὸν ἑστιῶνται, ἑκάστου φέροντος ἑαυτῷ δεῖπνον, πυκνὰ πάντα φαίνεται, πῆ μὲν τὰ προσφάγια φερόντων, πῆ δὲ αὐτῶν ἑστιωμένων.
Betacode
*(ws kalo/n, w)= *po/seidon, to\ sti=fos au)tw=n, kai\ pukno\n kai\ gorgo\n w(/sper ma=za kai\ pandaisi/a: o(/tan ga\r ei)s koino\n e(stiw=ntai, e(ka/stou fe/rontos e(autw=| dei=pnon, pukna\ pa/nta fai/netai, ph= me\n ta\ prosfa/gia fero/ntwn, ph= de\ au)tw=n e(stiwme/nwn.
Notes
- Aristophanes, Peace 564-5 (here with the first two phrases reversed, see web address 1), with comment from the scholia there; cf. pi 166.
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Neighbouring entries
Revision history3 revisions · last 3 Nov 2013
- Revised — David Whitehead
- Revised — David Whitehead
- added link, set status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — David Whitehead