Πινακηδόν
board-fashion
Translated by David Whitehead22 Oct 2001Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
"Tearing [them] away board-fashion".1 As if [tearing away] boards from ships. Boards are the large planks of ships.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Πινακηδόν· πινακηδὸν ἀποσπῶν. ὥσπερ πίνακας ἀπὸ πλοίων. πίνακες δὲ αἱ μεγάλαι σανίδες τῶν πλοίων.
Betacode
*pinakhdo/n: pinakhdo\n a)pospw=n. w(/sper pi/nakas a)po\ ploi/wn. pi/nakes de\ ai( mega/lai sani/des tw=n ploi/wn.
Notes (1)
- 1Aristophanes, Frogs 824 (web address 1), followed by comment from the scholia there. The phrase is one of several used here to describe the elemental force of Aeschylus (alphaiota 357) when he is in the throes of composition. ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
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Revision history4 revisions · last 4 Oct 2013
- Revised — David Whitehead
- fixed link, added keyword, raised status — Catharine Roth
- x-ref; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- added link, set status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — David Whitehead