Φλύακες

farces, burlesques

Translated by David Whitehead22 Nov 2001Vetting: high5 revisions

2 notes · 29 words
Sotades wrote Farces, that is obscene verses,1 in Ionic dialect; for these even used to be called 'Ionic Stories'. Alexandros the Aitolian2 worked in this genre too, and others.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Φλύακες· Σωτάδης ἔγραψε Φλύακας ἤτοι κιναίδους, διαλέκτῳ Ἰωνικῇ· καὶ γὰρ Ἰωνικοὶ λόγοι ἐκαλοῦντο οὗτοι. ἐχρήσατο δὲ τῷ εἴδει τούτῳ καὶ Ἀλέξανδρος ὁ Αἰτωλὸς καὶ ἕτεροι.

Betacode
*flu/akes: *swta/dhs e)/graye *flu/akas h)/toi kinai/dous, diale/ktw| *)iwnikh=|: kai\ ga\r *)iwnikoi\ lo/goi e)kalou=nto ou(=toi. e)xrh/sato de\ tw=| ei)/dei tou/tw| kai\ *)ale/candros o( *ai)twlo\s kai\ e(/teroi.

Notes (2)

  1. A repetition of the first part of sigma 871, q.v. See also rho 171, and generally W.G. Arnott in OCD4) 1138.
  2. 1For this meaning of the noun ki/naidos (in the plural) cf. e.g. Diogenes Laertius 9.110. ↩
  3. 2alpha 1127. ↩

Neighbouring entries

φ545Φλοιόςbarkφ546Φλοίσβουof a roarφ547Φλύακεςfarces, burlesquesφ548Φλύαροςbabble, chatterφ549Φλυδούμενοςseething
Revision history5 revisions · last 31 May 2016
  1. Revised — David Whitehead
  2. Revised — David Whitehead
  3. Revised — David Whitehead
  4. modified translation, added keyword, set status — William Hutton
  5. Revised — David Whitehead
  6. Translated — David Whitehead

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