Παραπλήξ
crazed
Translated by Robert Dyer6 Apr 2002Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
[Meaning one who is] mad, out of his wits.1
Aristophanes in Plutus [writes]: "but if coming in I run into2 a crazed man, struck down by prostitutes and dice games." The witless man. [sc. So called] from the intermittent (?drum) beats of lyre playing in harmony. Or the stupid man. For really profligacy is a stupid way of thinking.3
And elsewhere: "to have left there like a crazed man."4
Aristophanes in Plutus [writes]: "but if coming in I run into2 a crazed man, struck down by prostitutes and dice games." The witless man. [sc. So called] from the intermittent (?drum) beats of lyre playing in harmony. Or the stupid man. For really profligacy is a stupid way of thinking.3
And elsewhere: "to have left there like a crazed man."4
Greek original · Adler’s text
Παραπλήξ· μαινόμενος, παράφρων. Ἀριστοφάνης Πλούτῳ· ἢν δ' εἰς παραπλῆγ' ἄνθρωπον εἰσελθὼν τύχω, πόρναισι καὶ κύβοισι παραβεβλημένος. ὁ ἄφρων. ἀπὸ τῶν κρουμάτων τῶν διαπεπτωκότων τοῦ ἐναρμονίου λυρισμοῦ. ἢ ὁ μωρός. ἀληθῶς γὰρ ἡ ἀσωτία πεπληγμένη ἐστὶ διάνοια. καὶ αὖθις· παραπλῆγι ἐοικότα ἐνθένδε ἀπαλλαγῆναι.
Betacode
*paraplh/c: maino/menos, para/frwn. *)aristofa/nhs *plou/tw|: h)\n d' ei)s paraplh=g' a)/nqrwpon ei)selqw\n tu/xw, po/rnaisi kai\ ku/boisi parabeblhme/nos. o( a)/frwn. a)po\ tw=n krouma/twn tw=n diapeptwko/twn tou= e)narmoni/ou lurismou=. h)\ o( mwro/s. a)lhqw=s ga\r h( a)swti/a peplhgme/nh e)sti\ dia/noia. kai\ au)=qis: paraplh=gi e)oiko/ta e)nqe/nde a)pallagh=nai.
Notes (4)
- 1Similarly in other lexica (references at Photius pi282 Theodoridis); and cf. pi 414. ↩
- 2Though the mss do have
ei)s here, editors routinely print Junta's emendation tow(s , giving better grammar: 'a man like a crazy'. ↩ - 3Aristophanes, Plutus (Wealth) 242-3, with material from the scholia and commentaries thereto. The reference to intermittent beats seems to imply group music involving a lyre and drums, but might mean simply intermittence in the lyre-playing. ↩
- 4Procopius, Secret History 12.26 (web address 1), on a monk coming for an audience with Justinian (cf. iota 446 generally); cf. Kaldellis (60). On the story of the monk's flight from the emperor, see also epsiloniota 225. ↩
References
A. Kaldellis, ed. and trans., Prokopios: The Secret History, (Indianapolis 2010)
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Linked from3 entries
- π413Παραπλῆγας πέτραςslanting rocks[Meaning rocks] on the seashore, being struck [plhssome/nas] by the sea.
- π414Παραπλήκτῳfrenzy-stricken[Meaning] mad. Sophocles [sc. uses the word]. "Slaughtering with a frenzy-stricken hand." And Aelian [writes]: "he did not tolerate him talking nonsense, but silenced the mad rage of his words; and standing upon the…
- π416Παραπληξίαderangement[Meaning] madness.
Neighbouring entries
Revision history5 revisions · last 24 Jun 2024
- expanded n.4; added bibliography, cross-references, keyword, and link — Ronald Allen
- my typo — David Whitehead
- another note; more keywords; tweaking — David Whitehead
- x-ref; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- added keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Robert Dyer