Ψωλὸν γενέσθαι δεῖ σε μέχρι τοῦ μυρρίνου
you must become cock-bare all the way to the root
Translated by David Whitehead26 Nov 2001Vetting: high6 revisions
Translation
The proverb [occurs] in Aristophanes in Knights.1 It was said in reference to those stripped a long way. But in Diphilos, in Offerings to the Dead, it is altered to: as far as the throat.2
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ψωλὸν γενέσθαι δεῖ σε μέχρι τοῦ μυρρίνου· ἡ παροιμία παρὰ Ἀριστοφάνει ἐν Ἱππεῦσιν. ἐλέχθη δὲ ἐπὶ τῶν μέχρι πολλοῦ διεσκυλμένων. παρὰ δὲ Διφίλῳ ἐν τοῖς Ἐναγίσμασι παραπεποίηται ἄχρι τοῦ λάρυγγος.
Betacode
*ywlo\n gene/sqai dei= se me/xri tou= murri/nou: h( paroimi/a para\ *)aristofa/nei e)n *(ippeu=sin. e)le/xqh de\ e)pi\ tw=n me/xri pollou= dieskulme/nwn. para\ de\ *difi/lw| e)n toi=s *)enagi/smasi parapepoi/htai a)/xri tou= la/ruggos.
Notes (2)
- cf. Appendix Proverbiorum 5.41.
- 1Aristophanes, Knights 964 (web address 1). J. Henderson, The Maculate Muse (New Haven 1975) 68 comments: "
ywlo/s all the way to the pubis -- that is, a totally aggressive pederast, all hard-on". ↩ - 2Diphilus fr. 39 Kock, now 38 K.-A. ↩
External resources
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