Πανδελετείους γνώμας

Pandeleteian opinions

Translated by David Whitehead28 Jan 2007Vetting: high4 revisions

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That is, malicious ones. [sc. The phrase arises] because Pandeletos was a blackmailer and a lover of litigation and a [sc. habitual] framer of decrees, and was one of those who spent their time around the courts. Cratinus in Cheirons also mentions him.1

Greek original · Adler’s text

Πανδελετείους γνώμας· τουτέστι δυστρόπους. ἐπεὶ Πανδέλετος συκοφάντης ἦν καὶ φιλόδικος καὶ γράφων ψηφίσματα, καὶ ἦν εἷς τῶν περὶ τὰ δικαστήρια διατριβόντων. μέμνηται αὐτοῦ καὶ Κρατῖνος ἐν Χείρωσι.

Betacode
*pandeletei/ous gnw/mas: toute/sti dustro/pous. e)pei\ *pande/letos sukofa/nths h)=n kai\ filo/dikos kai\ gra/fwn yhfi/smata, kai\ h)=n ei(=s tw=n peri\ ta\ dikasth/ria diatribo/ntwn. me/mnhtai au)tou= kai\ *krati=nos e)n *xei/rwsi.

Notes (1)

  1. Aristophanes, Clouds 924 (web address 1), with comment from the scholia there. The headword phrase is in the accusative case.
    The name Pandeletos is mentioned only here, and is unique in Attic prosopography. Whether it is a proper name or a nickname is unclear; so is whether (as is implied here, but explicit in some of the scholia) he was an Athenian of Aristophanes' day or else a proverbial figure.
  2. 1Cratinus fr. 242 Kock, now 280 K.-A. ↩

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π169Πανδαίσιονall-in feast, complete banquetπ170Πανδέκταιencyclopediasπ171Πανδελετείους γνώμαςPandeleteian opinionsπ172Πανδερκεῖςall-seeingπ173ΠάνδειαPandeia, Pandia
Revision history4 revisions · last 3 Jan 2015
  1. Revised — David Whitehead
  2. cosmetics — David Whitehead
  3. augmented notes and keywords — David Whitehead
  4. added link, set status — Catharine Roth
  5. Translated — David Whitehead

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