Περὶ ὄνου σκιᾶς
about a donkey's shadow
Translated by David Whitehead14 Dec 2000Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
A proverbial phrase. About those spending time on worthless things.1
About the shadow at Delphi:2 Demosthenes in [the] Philippics [sc. uses the phrase].3 Didymus maintains that the proverb about a donkey's shadow was fabricated by the orator, when speaking about the shadow in Delphi, and that it is said in application to those fighting about worthless things.4
About the shadow at Delphi:2 Demosthenes in [the] Philippics [sc. uses the phrase].3 Didymus maintains that the proverb about a donkey's shadow was fabricated by the orator, when speaking about the shadow in Delphi, and that it is said in application to those fighting about worthless things.4
Greek original · Adler’s text
Περὶ ὄνου σκιᾶς· παροιμιακόν. περὶ τῶν ἐνδιατριβόντων τοῖς μηδενὸς ἀξίοις. Περὶ τῆς ἐν Δελφοῖς σκιᾶς· Δημοσθένης Φιλιππικοῖς. Δίδυμός φησι τὴν περὶ ὄνου σκιᾶς παροιμίαν παραπεποιῆσθαι ὑπὸ τοῦ ῥήτορος, λέγοντος περὶ τῆς ἐν Δελφοῖς σκιᾶς· λέγεσθαι δὲ αὐτὴν ἐπὶ τοῖς περὶ τῶν μηδενὸς ἀξίων μαχομένοις.
Betacode
*peri\ o)/nou skia=s: paroimiako/n. peri\ tw=n e)ndiatribo/ntwn toi=s mhdeno\s a)ci/ois. *peri\ th=s e)n *delfoi=s skia=s: *dhmosqe/nhs *filippikoi=s. *di/dumo/s fhsi th\n peri\ o)/nou skia=s paroimi/an parapepoih=sqai u(po\ tou= r(h/toros, le/gontos peri\ th=s e)n *delfoi=s skia=s: le/gesqai de\ au)th\n e)pi\ toi=s peri\ tw=n mhdeno\s a)ci/wn maxome/nois.
Notes (4)
- See also omicron 400, omicron 401, upsilon 327.
- 1Same material in Photius. ↩
- 2The source now becomes Harpokration s.v. ↩
- 3Demosthenes 5.25 (web address 1). ↩
- 4Didymus p.311 Schmidt. As reproduced here, from Harpok., his critique is hard to fathom, since the proverb about the donkey was far older than anything said by Demosthenes in 346 BCE about the Amphictionic Council. ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
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Revision history4 revisions · last 10 Aug 2011
- Revised — David Whitehead
- augmented notes; tweaks — David Whitehead
- augmented notes and keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- added link, set status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — David Whitehead