Παττᾳκίων
Pattaikion, Pataikion, Pataecion
Translated by David Whitehead10 May 2004Vetting: high7 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Παττᾳκίων· ἀνὴρ ἀπὸ συκοφαντίας τὸν βίον ποιούμενος καὶ προσκρούειν ἐπιτηδεύων τοῖς εὐδοκιμοῦσι τῶν νέων. διεβάλλετο δὲ καὶ [ὡς] κλέπτης καὶ τοιχωρύχος· ὥστε καὶ κωμῳδεῖσθαι ἐπὶ τούτοις.
Betacode
*patta|ki/wn: a)nh\r a)po\ sukofanti/as to\n bi/on poiou/menos kai\ proskrou/ein e)pithdeu/wn toi=s eu)dokimou=si tw=n ne/wn. dieba/lleto de\ kai\ [w(s] kle/pths kai\ toixwru/xos: w(/ste kai\ kwmw|dei=sqai e)pi\ tou/tois.
Notes (3)
- cf. (more briefly) Etymologicum Magnum 656.14-15, and pi 780. Like that entry, the present one (paralleled in other lexica) was probably generated by the appearance of this name in Aeschines 3.189 (web address 1).
- 1For sykophantia, which can in certain circumstances be rendered 'blackmail', see generally under sigma 1330. ↩
- 2For this examination of 18-year-old Athenians see e.g. Aristophanes, Wasps 578 (and delta 1328); it could give scope for what nowadays would be termed sexual harassment, and litigation arising therefrom. ↩
- 3No such comedic material survives, but see generally Comica adespota fr. 923 Kassel-Austin. ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
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- set status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — David Whitehead