Πίττα
pitch
Translated by Tony Natoli10 Jan 2003Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
'[...] and the removing of pitch from the baths and the driving out of the hair-pluckers, with the aim of restoring the old ways in every respect. As a result there was a revival of the wrestling-schools, training in earnest, and a return to the common messes; and Lacedaemon became like her [sc. old] self.'1
Greek original · Adler’s text
Πίττα. τήν τε πίτταν τῶν βαλανείων ἐξαιροῦντας καὶ τὰς παρατιλτρίας ἐξελαύνοντας ἐς τὸ ἀρχαῖόν τε καθισταμένους πάντα. ὅθεν παλαῖστραί τε ἀνήβησαν καὶ σπουδαὶ καὶ τὰ φιλίτια ἐπανῆλθε καὶ ἐγένετο ἡ Λακεδαίμων ἑαυτῇ ὁμοία.
Betacode
*pi/tta. th/n te pi/ttan tw=n balanei/wn e)cairou=ntas kai\ ta\s paratiltri/as e)celau/nontas e)s to\ a)rxai=o/n te kaqistame/nous pa/nta. o(/qen palai=strai/ te a)nh/bhsan kai\ spoudai\ kai\ ta\ fili/tia e)panh=lqe kai\ e)ge/neto h( *lakedai/mwn e(auth=| o(moi/a.
Notes (1)
- 1The quotation is from Philostratus, Life of Apollonius of Tyana 4.27. See epsilon 3955 with note 3, and cf. phi 366. I have translated
spoudai/ in the sense of 'earnest' or 'serious'. LSJ s.v.spoudh/ II.3 cites this passage for the meaning 'disputation', but this is clearly inappropriate in the context. ↩
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Revision history3 revisions · last 12 Sep 2021
- punctuation — Catharine Roth
- more keywords; cosmetics; raised status — David Whitehead
- added x-ref; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Tony Natoli