Ὀστίνοις
with bone-pipes
Translated by Ross Scaife ✝4 Dec 2001Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] with pipes; [a phrase used] since in ancient times they used to create pipes from deer bones. Aristophanes [writes]: "play the dog's ass with your bone-pipes!"
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ὀστίνοις· τοῖς αὐλοῖς· ἐπεὶ τὸ παλαιὸν ἀπὸ τῶν ἐλαφείων ὀστῶν κατεσκεύαζον τοὺς αὐλούς. Ἀριστοφάνης· τοῖς ὀστίνοις φυσῆτε τὸν πρωκτὸν κυνός.
Betacode
*)osti/nois: toi=s au)loi=s: e)pei\ to\ palaio\n a)po\ tw=n e)lafei/wn o)stw=n kateskeu/azon tou\s au)lou/s. *)aristofa/nhs: toi=s o)sti/nois fush=te to\n prwkto\n kuno/s.
Notes
- Aristophanes, Acharnians 863 (web address 1, again at pi 2950), with comment from the scholia there. The phrase not commented on presumably means "play like hell".
On bone and other materials for the aulos see generally M.L. West, Ancient Greek Music (Oxford 1992) 86; concerning bone(s), he notes that the tibia of the deer was especially favoured.
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
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Revision history3 revisions · last 31 Jul 2013
- upgraded link — Catharine Roth
- Revised — David Whitehead
- augmented note; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Ross Scaife ✝