Ὄνου σκιά
a donkey's shadow
Translated by Ross Scaife ✝28 Nov 2001Vetting: high2 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ὄνου σκιά· ἐπὶ τῆς οὐθενείας. φασὶ γάρ, ὅτι νεανίσκος Ἀθήνηθεν εἰς Δελφοὺς ὄνον ἐμισθώσατο· μεσημβρίας δὲ λαβούσης, στήσας τὸν ὄνον ὑπέδυ τὴν σκιάν.
Betacode
*)/onou skia/: e)pi\ th=s ou)qenei/as. fasi\ ga/r, o(/ti neani/skos *)aqh/nhqen ei)s *delfou\s o)/non e)misqw/sato: meshmbri/as de\ labou/shs, sth/sas to\n o)/non u(pe/du th\n skia/n.
Notes
- See more fully under omicron 400 (and upsilon 327), where the continuation of the tale is given: the owner of the ass objected that he had hired out only the beast, not its shadow, and litigation ensued.
Linked from2 entries
- ο400Ὄνου σκιὰa donkey's shadow['A donkey's shadow'] and 'About a donkey's shadow'; Sophocles in Cedalion[writes]: "whatever might happen, it is all a donkey's shadow." Aristophanes in Daedalus [writes]: "because for you the war is now about what?…
- π1216Περὶ ὄνου σκιᾶςabout a donkey's shadowA proverbial phrase. About those spending time on worthless things. About the shadow at Delphi: Demosthenes in [the] Philippics [sc. uses the phrase]. Didymus maintains that the proverb about a donkey's shadow was…
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Revision history2 revisions · last 4 Jul 2013
- Revised — David Whitehead
- added note and keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Ross Scaife ✝