Πολύζηλος

Polyzelos, Polyzelus

Translated by Ross Scaife ✝23 May 2002Vetting: high5 revisions

1 note · 18 words

A comic poet. His plays [are] Washbasins, Demotyndareos,¹ Offspring of the Muses, Offspring of Dionysos, Offspring of Aphrodite.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Πολύζηλος, κωμικός. δράματα αὐτοῦ Νίπτρα, Δημοτυνδάρεως, Μουσῶν γοναί, Διονύσου γοναί, Ἀφροδίτης γοναί.

Betacode

*polu/zhlos, kwmiko/s. dra/mata au)tou= *ni/ptra, *dhmotunda/rews, *mousw=n gonai/, *dionu/sou gonai/, *)afrodi/ths gonai/.

Notes (1)

C5/4 BC; titles and fragments in Kassel/Austin, Poetae Comici Graeci 7.553ff; and see generally OCD4 s.v..
1On a topic "certainly political, but its occasion and point are disputed" (K.J. Dover in OCD). ↩

Linked from1 entry

π1960Πολύζηλοςfull of emulation, much admired"O wealth and tyranny and art surpassing art in the life which is full of emulation: how much envy is maintained among you!"

Neighbouring entries

π1959ΠολύευκτοςPolyeuktos, Polyeuctus π1960Πολύζηλοςfull of emulation, much admired π1961ΠολύζηλοςPolyzelos, Polyzelus π1962ΠολύζηλοςPolyzelos, Polyzelus π1963Πολυζύγῳmany-benched

Revision history5 revisions · last 4 Oct 2021

4 Oct 2021coding — Catharine Roth
10 Aug 2014Revised — David Whitehead
26 Oct 2011Revised — David Whitehead
20 Nov 2005another keyword — David Whitehead
24 May 2002added notes and keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
23 May 2002Translated — Ross Scaife ✝