Παράβολος
crooked
Translated by William Hutton19 Jul 2011Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
Aristophanes in Wasps [writes]: "you are a scoundrel far[-advanced] in skill and crooked."1 Meaning not genuine.
Josephus concerning the ventriloquist [writes]: "I ask for this favor in return for the crooked prophecy."2
Josephus concerning the ventriloquist [writes]: "I ask for this favor in return for the crooked prophecy."2
Greek original · Adler’s text
Παράβολος· Ἀριστοφάνης Σφηξί· πονηρὸς εἶ πόρρω τέχνης καὶ παράβολος. ἀντὶ τοῦ οὐ γνήσιος. Ἰώσηπος περὶ τῆς ἐγγαστριμύθου· ταύτην αἰτοῦμαι χάριν ἀντὶ τῆς παραβόλου μαντείας.
Betacode
*para/bolos: *)aristofa/nhs *sfhci/: ponhro\s ei)= po/rrw te/xnhs kai\ para/bolos. a)nti\ tou= ou) gnh/sios. *)iw/shpos peri\ th=s e)ggastrimu/qou: tau/thn ai)tou=mai xa/rin a)nti\ th=s parabo/lou mantei/as.
Notes (2)
- 1Aristophanes, Wasps 192 (web address 1), with scholion. On the partitive genitive
po/rrw te/xnhs , see MacDowell's note, with parallels. His interpretation of the headword itself, however, as 'fully grown' -- i.e. past (par') the state of being a foal (abalos) -- is harder to accept. ↩ - 2An approximation of Josephus, Jewish Antiquities 6.338 (web address 2). ↩
References
Aristophanes, Wasps, edited with introduction and commentary by Douglas M. MacDowell (Oxford 1971)
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
- Web address 2 perseus.tufts.edu
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Revision history3 revisions · last 10 May 2021
- coding, links — Catharine Roth
- cosmetics — David Whitehead
- modified tr; augmented notes and keywords — David Whitehead
- Translated — William Hutton