Ὀρφώς
orphos
Translated by David Whitehead13 Jul 2004Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] the fish [of that name]. But some [spell it] with omicron [rather than omega as the second vowel].
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ὀρφώς· ὁ ἰχθύς. οἱ δὲ διὰ τοῦ ο μικροῦ.
Betacode
*)orfw/s: o( i)xqu/s. oi( de\ dia\ tou= o mikrou=.
Notes
- The 'great sea-perch, Epinephelus gigas, still called
o)rfo/s in Greece': LSJ s.v.
Mentioned as a high-end foodstuff several times in Attic Comedy, e.g. Aristophanes, Wasps 493-5: anyone seeking to buy it rather than sprats is accused by the fishmonger of aspirations to tyranny. See generally Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 7.315A-C [7.97 Kaibel].
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