Σιμύλος

Simylos, Simylus

Translated by David Whitehead19 Dec 2000Vetting: high5 revisions

1 note · 22 words

Translation

A proper name.
Demosthenes in the [speech] For Ktesiphon says: "but he hired himself out to the bellowing actors Simylos and Socrates".1

Greek original · Adler’s text

Σιμύλος· ὄνομα κύριον. Δημοσθένης ἐν τῷ ὑπὲρ Κτησιφῶντός φησιν· ἀλλὰ μισθώσας ἑαυτὸν τοῖς βαρυστόνοις ὑποκριταῖς Σιμύλῳ καὶ Σωκράτει.

Betacode
*simu/los: o)/noma ku/rion. *dhmosqe/nhs e)n tw=| u(pe\r *kthsifw=nto/s fhsin: a)lla\ misqw/sas e(auto\n toi=s barusto/nois u(pokritai=s *simu/lw| kai\ *swkra/tei. 

Notes (1)

  1. After the opening generic gloss, this entry reproduces Harpokration s.v.
  2. 1Demosthenes 18.262 -- where, however, the name is generally read as Simykas, corroborated by Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 8.348A (8.40 Kaibel). See web address 1. ↩

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Revision history5 revisions · last 15 Jan 2015
  1. coding — Catharine Roth
  2. Revised — David Whitehead
  3. augmented notes; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
  4. augmented notes and keywords — David Whitehead
  5. augmented note, added link, set status — Catharine Roth
  6. Translated — David Whitehead

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