Φίλιος
Friendly, of Friendship
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Translation
The [sc. god] exercizing oversight of friendships. Menander in Man-woman [writes]: "I testify, Kraton, by Friendly Zeus".1 Pherecrates in Good-for-nothings [writes]: "to the judges who are now judging I say, do not break your oath or judge unjustly -- or, by Friendly [sc. Zeus], Philocrates will tell you a tale far more slanderous than this one".2
Greek original · Adler’s text
Φίλιος· ὁ τὰ περὶ τὰς φιλίας ἐπισκοπῶν. Μένανδρος Ἀνδρογύνῳ· μαρτύρομαι τὸν Φίλιον, ὦ Κράτων, Δία. Φερεκράτης Κραπατάλοις· τοῖς δὲ κριταῖς τοῖς νυνὶ κρίνουσι λέγω μὴ ἐπιορκεῖν μηδ' ἀδίκως κρίνειν, ἢ νὴ τὸν Φίλιον, μῦθον εἰς ὑμᾶς ἕτερον Φιλοκράτης λέξει πολὺ τούτου κακηγοριστότερον.
Betacode
*fi/lios: o( ta\ peri\ ta\s fili/as e)piskopw=n. *me/nandros *)androgu/nw|: martu/romai to\n *fi/lion, w)= *kra/twn, *di/a. *ferekra/ths *krapata/lois: toi=s de\ kritai=s toi=s nuni\ kri/nousi le/gw mh\ e)piorkei=n mhd' a)di/kws kri/nein, h)\ nh\ to\n *fi/lion, mu=qon ei)s u(ma=s e(/teron *filokra/ths le/cei polu\ tou/tou kakhgoristo/teron.
Notes (2)
- = Photius phi175 Theodoridis, though the headword there is the phrase 'Philios Zeus'; the Suda omits the noun.
See generally LSJ s.v.fi/lios , I.2. - 1Menander fr. 54 Kock, 49 K.-Th., 53 K.-A. ↩
- 2Pherecrates fr. 96 Kock (102 K.-A.). 'Philokrates' here (and in Photius) is an error, it is generally supposed, for the name of Pherecrates himself. ↩
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- set status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — David Whitehead