Πότης λύχνος
thirsty lamp
Translated by David Whitehead2 Mar 2004Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
Aristophanes in Clouds [says]: 'why did you light my thirsty lamp?' In Attic writers [this means] one using up a lot of oil.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Πότης λύχνος· Ἀριστοφάνης Νεφέλαις· τί γάρ μοι τὸν πότην ἧπτες λύχνον; παρὰ Ἀττικοῖς ὁ πολὺ ἔλαιον ἀναλίσκων.
Betacode
*po/ths lu/xnos: *)aristofa/nhs *nefe/lais: ti/ ga/r moi to\n po/thn h(=ptes lu/xnon; para\ *)attikoi=s o( polu\ e)/laion a)nali/skwn.
Notes
- Aristophanes, Clouds 57 (web address 1), with comment from the scholia there.
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Neighbouring entries
Revision history3 revisions · last 27 Oct 2011
- Revised — David Whitehead
- Revised — David Whitehead
- added link, set status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — David Whitehead