Περιελῶ σ' ἀλαζονείας ὑποτεμοῦμαι τὰς ὁδούς σου
I will harass you for your arrogance [and] I will undercut your roads
Translated by David Whitehead10 Mar 2010Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
i.e. I will strip you, I will put a stop to your arrogances. The [term] I will harass [comes] from a metaphor of rowers.1 I will put a stop to you and I will cut off your arrogance. I will harass you, [meaning] I will conquer [you]. But I will undercut [sc. means behaving] like a tanner; for they undercut the hides, because of their appearing thick.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Περιελῶ σ' ἀλαζονείας. ὑποτεμοῦμαι τὰς ὁδούς σου· οἷον ἀποδύσω σε, παύσω τῶν ἀλαζονειῶν. τὸ δὲ περιελάσω ἐκ μεταφορᾶς τῶν ἐρεσσόντων. παύσω σε καὶ περικόψω τῆς ἀλαζονείας. περιελάσω σε, νικήσω. ὑποτεμοῦμαι δὲ ὡς βυρσοδέψης· ὑποτέμνουσι γὰρ τὰ δέρματα, διὰ τὸ φαίνεσθαι παχέα.
Betacode
*perielw= s' a)lazonei/as. u(potemou=mai ta\s o(dou/s sou: oi(=on a)podu/sw se, pau/sw tw=n a)lazoneiw=n. to\ de\ periela/sw e)k metafora=s tw=n e)resso/ntwn. pau/sw se kai\ periko/yw th=s a)lazonei/as. periela/sw se, nikh/sw. u(potemou=mai de\ w(s bursode/yhs: u(pote/mnousi ga\r ta\ de/rmata, dia\ to\ fai/nesqai paxe/a.
Notes (1)
- Aristophanes, Knights 290-1 (web address 1), with scholion; cf. upsilon 609. (NB: modern editions assign the two phrases to different characters, Kleon and the sausage-seller respectively.)
- 1Presumably this means that the term was used to urge rowers to row faster, though there are no instances of this. ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
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Revision history3 revisions · last 14 Sep 2011
- cosmetics — David Whitehead
- typos; another note — David Whitehead
- added link, set status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — David Whitehead