Προσκήνιον
proscenium
Translated by William Hutton28 Aug 2013Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Προσκήνιον· τὸ πρὸ τῆς σκηνῆς παραπέτασμα. ἡ δὲ τύχη παρελκομένη τὴν πρόφασιν καθάπερ ἐπὶ προσκήνιον παρεγύμνωσε τὰς ἀληθεῖς ἐπινοίας.
Betacode
*proskh/nion: to\ pro\ th=s skhnh=s parape/tasma. h( de\ tu/xh parelkome/nh th\n pro/fasin kaqa/per e)pi\ proskh/nion paregu/mnwse ta\s a)lhqei=s e)pinoi/as.
Notes (2)
- 1cf. alpha 4434. For a meaning similar to this LSJ cites Judges 10.22 LXX, but far more frequently (including in the quotation provided, which seems to refer to the drawing aside of a curtain rigged up on, or in front of, a proscenium) it properly refers to a platform in front of the scene structure. ↩
- 2Ascribed to Polybius (fr. 212 Büttner-Wobst). Theodoridis in his Photius edition (vol.II p.XCI) argues -- adducing the parallel of Polybius 15.17.6 -- that its opening participle, transmitted as
parelkome/nh , should actually beparelome/nh 'removing'; cf. also for this Menander, Dyscolus 803-804. ↩
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Revision history4 revisions · last 24 May 2016
- coding — David Whitehead
- Revised — David Whitehead
- augmented notes; another keyword; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
- coding, status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — William Hutton