Παράβυστον
parabyston
Translated by David Whitehead13 Dec 2000Vetting: high7 revisions
Translation
This was the name of one of the lawcourts in Athens, where the Eleven tried cases. A particular couch in bridal apartments used to be called a parabystos; Hyperides mentions one in the [speech] Against Patrokles.1 [So the lawcourt] seems to be described metaphorically, from the stuffings, parabysmata - that is fillings - in cargoes.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Παράβυστον· οὕτως ἐκαλεῖτό τι τῶν παρ' Ἀθηναίοις δικαστηρίων, ἐν ᾧ ἐδίκαζον οἱ ιαʹ. ἐκαλεῖτο δέ τις ἐν τοῖς νυμφικοῖς δωματίοις καὶ κλίνη παράβυστος, ἧς μέμνηται καὶ Ὑπερίδης ἐν τῷ κατὰ Πατροκλέους. λέγεσθαι δ' ἔοικε ταῦτα κατὰ μεταφορὰν ἀπὸ τῶν ἐν τοῖς φορτίοις παραβυσμάτων, τουτέστι παραπληρωμάτων.
Betacode
*para/buston: ou(/tws e)kalei=to/ ti tw=n par' *)aqhnai/ois dikasthri/wn, e)n w(=| e)di/kazon oi( ia#. e)kalei=to de/ tis e)n toi=s numfikoi=s dwmati/ois kai\ kli/nh para/bustos, h(=s me/mnhtai kai\ *(uperi/dhs e)n tw=| kata\ *patrokle/ous. le/gesqai d' e)/oike tau=ta kata\ metafora\n a)po\ tw=n e)n toi=s forti/ois parabusma/twn, toute/sti paraplhrwma/twn.
Notes (1)
References
LSJ s.v. (web address 1)
Aristophanes, Wasps. Edited with introduction and commentary by D.M. MacDowell (Oxford 1971) 274
P.J. Rhodes, A Commentary on the Aristotelian Athenaion Politeia (Oxford 1981) 581
Aristophanes, Wasps. Edited with introduction and commentary by D.M. MacDowell (Oxford 1971) 274
P.J. Rhodes, A Commentary on the Aristotelian Athenaion Politeia (Oxford 1981) 581
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
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Revision history7 revisions · last 11 May 2021
- added a link — Catharine Roth
- coding — Catharine Roth
- augmented notes and keywords; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
- another keyword; x-ref; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- another keyword — David Whitehead
- augmented notes and keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Added italics; cosmetics; set status — Elizabeth Vandiver
- Translated — David Whitehead