Παντοίας ἤδη μούσης πειραθέντες καθ' ἑαυτούς
you who already have experience of every kind of muse by yourselves
Translated by William Hutton14 Jun 2011Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
That is, of a diverse and eclectic [one].
Greek original · Adler’s text
Παντοίας ἤδη μούσης πειραθέντες καθ' ἑαυτούς· τουτέστι ποικίλης καὶ παντοδαπῆς.
Betacode
*pantoi/as h)/dh mou/shs peiraqe/ntes kaq' e(autou/s: toute/sti poiki/lhs kai\ pantodaph=s.
Notes
- The headword phrase is a quotation of Aristophanes, Knights 505-506 (web address 1: here without the opening
w)= ); the glosses (from the scholia there) seek to explain the wordpantoi/as ('every kind of') that occurs in the quotation. (Both this word and the glosses are genitive singular feminine adjectives.)
On the basic level the noun 'muse' or 'Muse' (mou/shs ) is used metonymically for 'poetry'; however, the aorist passive participlepeiraqe/ntes can mean 'try the patience of' or, with an animate feminine object, even 'assault sexually'; thus there may be a double- or triple-entendre at work.
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Neighbouring entries
Revision history3 revisions · last 5 May 2021
- added a link — Catharine Roth
- Revised — David Whitehead
- tweaks — David Whitehead
- Translated — William Hutton