κ396Καρκίνος
Carcinus, Karkinos
An Attic poet. Someone is mocking Carcinus’ sons thus: "homebred quails, kitbag-gulleted dancers, dwarfish, bits of dung, inventers of artifices." "For their father said that, one evening, a weasel had strangled [the…
Καρκίνος, ποιητὴς Ἀττικός. σκώπτει δέ τις Καρκίνου παῖδας οὕτως· ὄρτυγας οἰκογενεῖς, γυλιαύχενας ὀρχηστάς, ναννοφυεῖς, σφυράδων ἀποκνίσματα, μηχανοδίφας. καὶ γὰρ ἔφασχ' ὁ πατὴρ…