Ὄφελος
advantage, asset, benefit, profit, worth
Translated by Ronald Allen14 Sep 2010Vetting: high2 revisions
Translation
Aristophanes [writes]: "[...] and other women, all who are of any worth in the city."1 That is, the aristocrats.2
And elsewhere: "[...] but Livius' [sc. disciples] hearing anything from them [sc. his teachings] benefited both in beauty of soul and in eloquence."3
And elsewhere: "[...] but Livius' [sc. disciples] hearing anything from them [sc. his teachings] benefited both in beauty of soul and in eloquence."3
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ὄφελος· Ἀριστοφάνης· ἄλλας τε γυναῖκας, ὅ τι πέρ ἐστιν ὄφελος ἐν τῇ πόλει. τουτέστιν εὐγενεῖς. καὶ αὖθις· τοῦ δὲ Λιβίου ἀκούειν ὧν τι ὄφελος ἦν καὶ ἐν κάλλει ψυχῆς καὶ ἐν εὐγλωττίᾳ παιδείας.
Betacode
*)/ofelos: *)aristofa/nhs: a)/llas te gunai=kas, o(/ ti pe/r e)stin o)/felos e)n th=| po/lei. toute/stin eu)genei=s. kai\ au)=qis: tou= de\ *libi/ou a)kou/ein w(=n ti o)/felos h)=n kai\ e)n ka/llei yuxh=s kai\ e)n eu)glwtti/a| paidei/as.
Notes (3)
- The headword, probably extracted from the first quotation given (but also illustrated by the second), is a neuter noun in the nominative/vocative/accusative singular; see generally LSJ s.v.
For the lemma, Adler also cites the Lexicon de Spiritu, L.C. Valckenaer, ed. - 1An approximation of Aristophanes, Ecclesiazusae 52-3 (web address 1), already in brief at omicron 738. [In her critical apparatus Adler notes that ms V reads
a)/llas ge gunai=kas , at any rate other women. Aristophanes' text actually hasxa)te/ras ... gunai=kas .] ↩ - 2From the scholia to the aforementioned passage. ↩
- 3Aelian fr. 83 Hercher (Domingo-Forasté, p. 70), already (with fuller context) at kappa 2098. ↩
References
D. Domingo-Forasté, ed., Clavdii Aeliani: Epistvlae et Fragmenta, Stuttgart and Leipzig: Teubner, 1994
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Linked from3 entries
- κ2098ΚορνοῦτοςCornutusThere were two Roman writers, Titus Livius, whose name spread in greatness and fame, and Cornutus. I hear that the latter was rich and childless, but not at all worthy. So great was the difference of disciples between…
- ο738Ὅ τι πέρ ἐστιν ὄφελος ἐν τῇ πόλειall who are of any worth in the cityAristophanes [sc. says this]. That is, the aristocrats.
- ω273ὨφελῶI benefit, I help[Used] with an accusative.
Neighbouring entries
Revision history2 revisions · last 2 Aug 2013
- Revised — David Whitehead
- expanded n.1; more keywords; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Ronald Allen