Πλούτων
Pluto
Translated by Bobbiejo Winfrey ✝17 Jul 2003Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
[Another way of referring to] the underworld.1
Aristophanes [says, when] Pluto is giving a rope to Aeschylus who is on his way back up: "bring this and give it to Kleophon and this to the providers". A token of death. Perhaps a rope for hanging or something of the kind.2
Aristophanes [says, when] Pluto is giving a rope to Aeschylus who is on his way back up: "bring this and give it to Kleophon and this to the providers". A token of death. Perhaps a rope for hanging or something of the kind.2
Greek original · Adler’s text
Πλούτων· ὁ ᾅδης. Ἀριστοφάνης· ὁ Πλούτων δίδωσι σχοινίον Αἰσχύλῳ ἐπανιόντι· δὸς τοῦτο Κλεοφῶντι φέρων καὶ τοῦτο τοῖσι πορισταῖς. σύμβολον θανάτου. ἴσως σχοινίον πρὸς ἀγχόνην ἤ τι τοιοῦτον.
Betacode
*plou/twn: o( a(/|dhs. *)aristofa/nhs: o( *plou/twn di/dwsi sxoini/on *ai)sxu/lw| e)panio/nti: do\s tou=to *kleofw=nti fe/rwn kai\ tou=to toi=si poristai=s. su/mbolon qana/tou. i)/sws sxoini/on pro\s a)gxo/nhn h)/ ti toiou=ton.
Notes (2)
- 1cf. generally alpha 467, kappa 2078. ↩
- 2Aristophanes, Frogs 1504-5 (where the second 'this' in the Suda is 'these', sc. nooses), with comment from the scholia there. Kleophon is not kappa 1730 but a populist politician of the time. The 'providers' (poristai) were financial officials. ↩
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Revision history3 revisions · last 7 Oct 2013
- Revised — David Whitehead
- augmented n.2; more keywords — David Whitehead
- modified translation; added notes; augmented keywords — David Whitehead
- Translated — Bobbiejo Winfrey ✝