Ὥσπερ οἱ νικηφόροι περιαγειρόμενοι
like the victors going around collecting
Translated by Catharine Roth12 Sep 2005Vetting: high2 revisions
Translation
This was a custom: for they say that the athletes who were victorious did not receive prizes, but going around whatever one wished ...
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ὥσπερ οἱ νικηφόροι περιαγειρόμενοι· ἔθος καὶ τοῦτο· φασὶ γὰρ τοὺς νικῶντας τῶν ἀθλητῶν ἆθλα μὲν μὴ λαμβάνειν, περιΐοντας δὲ ὅτι τις βούλεται.
Betacode
*(/wsper oi( nikhfo/roi periageiro/menoi: e)/qos kai\ tou=to: fasi\ ga\r tou\s nikw=ntas tw=n a)qlhtw=n a)=qla me\n mh\ lamba/nein, perii/+ontas de\ o(/ti tis bou/letai.
Notes
- For the headword phrase, see Plato, Republic 10.621D (web address 1); and more fully at pi 1054.
cf. Eratosthenes fr.20, quoted in a scholion on Euripides, Hecuba 573.
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
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Revision history2 revisions · last 3 Nov 2013
- Revised — David Whitehead
- x-ref; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth