Πίνος
dirt, patina
Translated by Catharine Roth12 Dec 2005Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
"[Sallustius] was an adequate speaker, not imitating the more recent sophists, but associating himself with the ancient patina of speech-writing." Damaskios says [this].
Greek original · Adler’s text
Πίνος. ὁ δὲ ἦν καὶ λέγειν ἱκανός, οὐ τοὺς νεωτέρους ἐκμιμούμενος σοφιστάς, ἀλλὰ πρὸς τὸν ἀρχαῖον πίνον τῆς λογογραφίας ἁμιλλώμενος. φησὶ Δαμάσκιος.
Betacode
*pi/nos. o( de\ h)=n kai\ le/gein i(kano/s, ou) tou\s newte/rous e)kmimou/menos sofista/s, a)lla\ pro\s to\n a)rxai=on pi/non th=s logografi/as a(millw/menos. fhsi\ *dama/skios.
Notes
- From Damascius, Life of Isidore fr.250 Asmus; cf. Photius, Bibliotheca 350b 24-26. The passage is quoted more fully at sigma 62. As fr.138a Zintzen the passage loses its relevance to the present entry because
pi/non is replaced by Photius' more neutralto/non . Zintzen however notes that Damascius sine dubio usedpi/non .
cf. under kappa 165, and more generally pi 1620.
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Revision history3 revisions · last 4 Oct 2013
- more keywords — David Whitehead
- tweaked note — Catharine Roth
- augmented notes — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth