Πυράνδρου μηχανήματα

Pyrrandros' devices, Pyrrander's devices

Translated by David Whitehead30 Oct 2001Vetting: high4 revisions

8 words
This man was a scoundrel and a blackmailer.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Πυράνδρου μηχανήματα· οὗτος ἐγένετο πονηρὸς καὶ συκοφάντης.

Betacode
*pura/ndrou mhxanh/mata: ou(=tos e)ge/neto ponhro\s kai\ sukofa/nths.

Notes

  1. From the scholia to Aristophanes, Knights 901, where a version of the headword phrase ("a device of P.") occurs (text at web address 1). Whether a real person is being referred to is uncertain.

External resources

Neighbouring entries

π3191ΠύραμοςPyramos, Pyramusπ3192Πυραμοῦςpyramous, honey-cakeπ3193Πυράνδρου μηχανήματαPyrrandros' devices, Pyrrander's devicesπ3194Πυραύστου μόρονmoth's fateπ3195Πυράφλεκτοςfire-scorched
Revision history4 revisions · last 24 Oct 2013
  1. Revised — David Whitehead
  2. more keywords — David Whitehead
  3. Revised — David Whitehead
  4. added link — Catharine Roth
  5. Translated — David Whitehead

Cite this entry

“Pyrrandros' devices, Pyrrander's devices.” Suda On Line. Tr. David Whitehead. 30 October 2001. <https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/pi/3193>. Read at ReadSuda: <https://readsuda.org/pi/3193>.

Translation by David Whitehead for Suda On Line, revised by David Whitehead, Catharine Roth, licensed CC BY-NC-SA 1.0. Shown unchanged, under the same licence, non-commercially. Licence & terms

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