Ψύρα τὸν Διόνυσον ἄγοντες

Psyra celebrating Dionysos

Translated by David Whitehead21 Dec 2005Vetting: high6 revisions

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The proverb [sc. occurs] in Cratinus.¹ Psyra is a poor and small island near Chios,² which cannot produce wine. So we utter the proverb in reference to people who are reclining at a symposium but not drinking. It has also been applied to [sc. other] things which display poverty.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ψύρα τὸν Διόνυσον ἄγοντες· ἡ παροιμία παρὰ Κρατίνῳ. τὰ δὲ Ψύρα εὐτελὴς νῆσός ἐστι καὶ μικρὰ πλησίον Χίου, μὴ δυναμένη οἶνον ἐνεγκεῖν. λέγομεν οὖν τὴν παροιμίαν ἐπὶ τῶν ἐν συμποσίῳ ἀνακειμένων καὶ μὴ πινόντων. λέλεκται δὲ καὶ ἐπὶ τῶν εὐτέλειαν σημαινόντων.

Betacode

*yu/ra to\n *dio/nuson a)/gontes: h( paroimi/a para\ *krati/nw|. ta\ de\ *yu/ra eu)telh\s nh=so/s e)sti kai\ mikra\ plhsi/on *xi/ou, mh\ duname/nh oi)=non e)negkei=n. le/gomen ou)=n th\n paroimi/an e)pi\ tw=n e)n sumposi/w| a)nakeime/nwn kai\ mh\ pino/ntwn. le/lektai de\ kai\ e)pi\ tw=n eu)te/leian shmaino/ntwn.

Notes (2)

See Appendix Proverbiorum 5.39 and other paroemiographers (but without the Suda's participle).
1Cratinus fr. 352 Kock, now 347 K.-A. ↩
2Barrington Atlas map 56 grid B4. ↩

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30 May 2016Revised — David Whitehead
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23 Apr 2010augmented primary note; more keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
22 Dec 2005augmented notes — David Whitehead
21 Dec 2005set status — Catharine Roth
21 Dec 2005Translated — David Whitehead

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Greek original · Adler’s text

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