Σαρκασμοπιτυοκάμπται
sneering-pine-benders
Translated by Matthew Farmer26 Mar 2008Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
Aristophanes says [this], meaning mega/loi ["great men"]. As [being those who are] seizing and appropriating the means of war, not being honest, but being concerned with strength.1 That is why he also called Megainetus "Manes,"2 not [that he is] entirely barbaric, but [that he is] dull-witted. He fittingly uses compound words, in the manner of Aeschylus.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Σαρκασμοπιτυοκάμπται· Ἀριστοφάνης φησί, ἀντὶ τοῦ μεγάλοι. ὡς ἁρπάζοντας καὶ προσποιουμένους τὰ πολεμικά, οὐκ ἀληθῶς δὲ τοιούτους, ἰσχύος δὲ ἐπιμελομένους. διὸ καὶ τὸν Μεγαίνετον Μάνην εἶπεν, οὐ πάντως βάρβαρον, ἀλλ' ἀναίσθητον. ἐπιτηδὲς δὲ ἐχρήσατο τοῖς συνθέτοις, διὰ τὸ Αἰσχύλου ἦθος.
Betacode
*sarkasmopituoka/mptai: *)aristofa/nhs fhsi/, a)nti\ tou= mega/loi. w(s a(rpa/zontas kai\ prospoioume/nous ta\ polemika/, ou)k a)lhqw=s de\ toiou/tous, i)sxu/os de\ e)pimelome/nous. dio\ kai\ to\n *megai/neton *ma/nhn ei)=pen, ou) pa/ntws ba/rbaron, a)ll' a)nai/sqhton. e)pithde\s de\ e)xrh/sato toi=s sunqe/tois, dia\ to\ *ai)sxu/lou h)=qos.
Notes (2)
- From the scholia to Aristophanes, Frogs 966 (where the nominative plural headword appears: web address 1); and cf. already sigma 67.
For Sinis, the pine-bender of mythology, see sigma 460. - 1It is unclear why this explanation changes into the accusative case. ↩
- 2(In the preceding line, 965.) "Manes" is a stock name for slaves in Greek comedy; see also gamma 352, mu 146, mu 395 and phi 606. ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
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Revision history5 revisions · last 29 Jan 2022
- tweaked link — Catharine Roth
- another note; another keyword; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- cosmetic — David Whitehead
- augmented notes and keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- modified tr, expanded notes, added link, status — Jennifer Benedict
- Translated — Matthew Farmer