Παῦρα
little [things]
Translated by Ioannis Doukas22 Aug 2007Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] few [ones], short[-lived ones].1 Homer [writes]: "[he spoke] little, but very clearly; because [he was] not wordy".2
And again Aristophanes [writes]: "having pained [people] little, [but] caused [them] much amusement".3 Meaning having satirised [them] in a few ways. Similar to "a son very few [= little] like him".4
And again Aristophanes [writes]: "having pained [people] little, [but] caused [them] much amusement".3 Meaning having satirised [them] in a few ways. Similar to "a son very few [= little] like him".4
Greek original · Adler’s text
Παῦρα· ὀλίγα, βραχέα. Ὅμηρος· παῦρα μέν, ἀλλὰ μάλα λιγέως· ἐπεὶ οὐ πολύμυθος. καὶ αὖθις Ἀριστοφάνης· παῦρ' ἀνιάσας, πόλλ' εὐφράνας. ἀντὶ τοῦ ὀλίγα κωμῳδήσας. ὁμοίως τῷ, ἦ ὀλίγον οἱ παῖδα ἐοικότα.
Betacode
*pau=ra: o)li/ga, braxe/a. *(/omhros: pau=ra me/n, a)lla\ ma/la lige/ws: e)pei\ ou) polu/muqos. kai\ au)=qis *)aristofa/nhs: pau=r' a)nia/sas, po/ll' eu)fra/nas. a)nti\ tou= o)li/ga kwmw|dh/sas. o(moi/ws tw=|, h)= o)li/gon oi( pai=da e)oiko/ta.
Notes (4)
- 1Neuter plural of this adjective, from the quotation which follows. ↩
- 2Referring to Menelaus; Homer, Iliad 3.214 (web address 1). ↩
- 3Aristophanes, Peace 764 (web address 2); see also the corresponding scholia. ↩
- 4On Tydeus and Diomedes [Author, Myth]; Homer, Iliad 5.800 (web address 3); also quoted in omicron 158 and omicron 165. ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
- Web address 2 perseus.tufts.edu
- Web address 3 perseus.tufts.edu
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Revision history4 revisions · last 18 Sep 2013
- cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Revised — David Whitehead
- tweaked translation, upgraded links — Catharine Roth
- augmented notes and keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Ioannis Doukas