Φιλίτια
common meals, messes
Translated by Catharine Roth1 Jan 2011Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] symposia, which have pains mixed with pleasures. For a mattress was not spread under the feasters, but a hollowed-out stone or [block of] wood [was set] under their elbows.1
"But the fathers, he says, [sc. say that it comes from] the love of the body."2
"[... them] restoring everything to the old ways; hence the wrestling-schools revived [...] and the common messes returned."3
"But the fathers, he says, [sc. say that it comes from] the love of the body."2
"[... them] restoring everything to the old ways; hence the wrestling-schools revived [...] and the common messes returned."3
Greek original · Adler’s text
Φιλίτια· συμπόσια, μεμιγμένους ἔχοντα ταῖς ἡδοναῖς τοὺς πόνους. οὐ γὰρ στρωμνή τις ὑπέκειτο εὐωχουμένοις, ἀλλ' ὑπὸ τοῖς ἀγκῶσι κοιλανθεὶς λίθος ἢ ξύλον. οἱ δὲ πατέρες, φησί, τῆς τοῦ σώματος φιλίας. ἐς τὸ ἀρχαῖον καθισταμένους πάντα· ὅθεν παλαῖστραι ἀνήβησαν καὶ τὰ φιλίτια ἐπανῆλθεν.
Betacode
*fili/tia: sumpo/sia, memigme/nous e)/xonta tai=s h(donai=s tou\s po/nous. ou) ga\r strwmnh/ tis u(pe/keito eu)wxoume/nois, a)ll' u(po\ toi=s a)gkw=si koilanqei\s li/qos h)\ cu/lon. oi( de\ pate/res, fhsi/, th=s tou= sw/matos fili/as. e)s to\ a)rxai=on kaqistame/nous pa/nta: o(/qen palai=strai a)nh/bhsan kai\ ta\ fili/tia e)panh=lqen.
Notes (3)
- 1In Sparta: cf. lambda 824. The headword is the plural of the neuter noun
fili/tion , more commonly attested asfidi/tion (see LSJ s.v., web address 1). Compare Plutarch, Lycurgus 12; Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 4.140E [4.17 Kaibel] (parallel noted by Küster). ↩ - 2Quotation unidentifiable. ↩
- 3Philostratus, Life of Apollonius of Tyana 4.27, on Sparta; quoted more fully at pi 1657, and see also epsilon 3955. ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Linked from3 entries
- ε3955Ἔφοροιephors"Pericles, having persuaded the Spartans' Ephors with bribes in the best interests of the city [sc. of Athens], did not record this in his accounts, as though it were unmentionable and bringing great shame to those who…
- λ824ΛυκοῦργοςLykourgos, LycurgusSpartiate, descendant of Prokles; lawgiver. They say he got his laws either from Crete or from the god. The Pythia also addressed him as a god. This man also legislated for physical training for virgins; and that men…
- π1657Πίτταpitch'[...] and the removing of pitch from the baths and the driving out of the hair-pluckers, with the aim of restoring the old ways in every respect. As a result there was a revival of the wrestling-schools, training in…
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Revision history4 revisions · last 17 Jan 2015
- added a link — Catharine Roth
- expanded a ref — David Whitehead
- tweaking — David Whitehead
- more keywords; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth