κ215Καλλίας πτερορρυεῖ
Kallias is moulting
Kallias is a butt of comedy for having lost all his money. For, as [someone] well-bred, he is being plucked by blackmail/sykophancy. The females are plucking out his feathers. For he became a poor man when he had spent…
Καλλίας πτερορρυεῖ· κωμῳδεῖται Καλλίας ὡς ἀπολέσας πάντα τὰ χρήματα. ἅτε γὰρ ὢν γενναῖος ὑπὸ συκοφαντίας τίλλεται. αἵτε θήλειαι προσεκτίλλουσιν αὐτοῦ τὰ πτερά. πένης γὰρ ἐγένετο…