Οὐδέποτ' ἐγὼ τοῦτον ὑποδέξομαι οὐδὲ παρ' ἐμοί ποτε τὸν Ἁρμόδιον ᾄσεται ὅτι παροίνιος ἀνὴρ ἔφυ
never will I receive this man, nor at my house will he ever sing the Harmodios [song], because he was a drinking man
Translated by Catharine Roth7 Jul 2010Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
In the gatherings of drinkers they used to sing a certain song, called "Harmodios," of which the beginning [was] "beloved Harmodios, you did not die." They used to sing it about Harmodios and Aristogeiton, how they had overthrown the tyranny of the Peisistratids. But there were also other songs, one called of Admetos, the other of Lampon. The meaning [is], never will such a man dine at my house. 'A drinking man' [paroi/nios ] [is what they call] a drunken and violent man.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Οὐδέποτ' ἐγὼ τοῦτον ὑποδέξομαι· οὐδὲ παρ' ἐμοί ποτε τὸν Ἁρμόδιον ᾄσεται, ὅτι παροίνιος ἀνὴρ ἔφυ· ἐν ταῖς τῶν πότων συνόδοις ᾖδον μέλος τι, Ἁρμόδιον καλούμενον, οὗ ἡ ἀρχή· φίλτατε Ἁρμόδιε, οὔτι που τέθνηκας. ᾖδον δὲ αὐτὸ εἰς Ἁρμόδιον καὶ Ἀριστογείτονα, ὡς καθῃρηκότας τὴν τῶν Πεισιστρατιδῶν τυραννίδα. ἦν δὲ καὶ ἕτερα μέλη, τὸ μὲν Ἀδμήτου λεγόμενον, τὸ δὲ Λάμπωνος. ὁ δὲ λόγος, οὐδέποτε παρ' ἐμοὶ ἑστιαθήσεται ὁ τοιοῦτος. παροίνιος δὲ ὁ μέθυσος καὶ ὑβριστής.
Betacode
*ou)de/pot' e)gw\ tou=ton u(pode/comai: ou)de\ par' e)moi/ pote to\n *(armo/dion a)/|setai, o(/ti paroi/nios a)nh\r e)/fu: e)n tai=s tw=n po/twn suno/dois h)=|don me/los ti, *(armo/dion kalou/menon, ou(= h( a)rxh/: fi/ltate *(armo/die, ou)/ti pou te/qnhkas. h)=|don de\ au)to\ ei)s *(armo/dion kai\ *)aristogei/tona, w(s kaqh|rhko/tas th\n tw=n *peisistratidw=n turanni/da. h)=n de\ kai\ e(/tera me/lh, to\ me\n *)admh/tou lego/menon, to\ de\ *la/mpwnos. o( de\ lo/gos, ou)de/pote par' e)moi\ e(stiaqh/setai o( toiou=tos. paroi/nios de\ o( me/qusos kai\ u(bristh/s.
Notes
- Aristophanes, Acharnians 977-981 (web address 1), with scholion.
On Harmodios and Aristogeiton, see also alpha 305, alpha 3975, epsilon 1384, pi 1452, phi 592.
On paroinios cf. pi 736, pi 737.
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Linked from2 entries
- π736Παροίνιοςdrinking man, wine-drinker[Meaning] a drunkard and insolent man.
- π737Πάροινοςdrinking man, wine-drinker[Meaning a] drunkard. Aristophanes [writes]: "never will I receive this man, nor at my house will he ever sing the Harmodios [song], because he was a drinking man." In the gatherings of drinkers they used to sing a…
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- Revised — David Whitehead
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- internal rearrangement; more keywords; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth