Περίδρομοι κύνες

roaming dogs

Translated by David Whitehead10 Oct 2001Vetting: high6 revisions

1 note · 15 words

Translation

[Meaning] those able to turn in every direction. Aristophanes in Frogs [sc. uses the phrase].1

Greek original · Adler’s text

Περίδρομοι κύνες· οἱ πανταχοῦ δυνάμενοι περιστρέφεσθαι. Ἀριστοφάνης Βατράχοις.

Betacode
*peri/dromoi ku/nes: oi( pantaxou= duna/menoi peristre/fesqai. *)aristofa/nhs *batra/xois. 

Notes (1)

  1. For the adjective in this phrase see already pi 1105.
    See also tau 1124.
  2. 1Aristophanes, Frogs 472 (web address 1), with comment from the scholia there. The "roaming dogs of Kokytos", alias the Furies (epsilon 2994, epsilon 2995), are one of the torments of the Underworld mentioned in that passage. ↩

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Revision history6 revisions · last 5 Feb 2014
  1. Revised — David Whitehead
  2. Revised — David Whitehead
  3. another keyword — David Whitehead
  4. x-ref — David Whitehead
  5. x-refs — David Whitehead
  6. modified translation, added link and keyword, set status — William Hutton
  7. Translated — David Whitehead

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