Σκιάποδες
Shadyfeet, Skiapods
Translated by David Whitehead19 Dec 2000Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
Antiphon in the [treatise] On Concord [sc. mentions them].1 They are a Libyan people. Ktesias in his Round Tour of Asia says: "and beyond them [are] the Shadyfeet, who have very broad feet like geese, and whenever it is hot lie on their backs, raise their legs, and shade themselves with their feet".2
Greek original · Adler’s text
Σκιάποδες· Ἀντιφῶν ἐν τῷ Περὶ ὁμονοίας. ἔθνος ἐστὶ Λιβυκόν. Κτησίας ἐν τῷ Περίπλῳ Ἀσίας φησίν· ὑπὲρ δὲ τούτων Σκιάποδες, οἳ τούς τε πόδας ὡς χῆνες ἔχουσι κάρτα πλατέας, καὶ ὅταν θέρμη ᾖ, ὕπτιοι ἀναπεσόντες, ἄραντες τὰ σκέλη σκιάζονται τοῖς ποσίν.
Betacode
*skia/podes: *)antifw=n e)n tw=| *peri\ o(monoi/as. e)/qnos e)sti\ *libuko/n. *kthsi/as e)n tw=| *peri/plw| *)asi/as fhsi/n: u(pe\r de\ tou/twn *skia/podes, oi(\ tou/s te po/das w(s xh=nes e)/xousi ka/rta plate/as, kai\ o(/tan qe/rmh h)=|, u(/ptioi a)napeso/ntes, a)/rantes ta\ ske/lh skia/zontai toi=s posi/n.
Notes (2)
Linked from3 entries
- σ600ΣκιάποδεςSkiapodes, Shadow-feetA tribe in Libya, which has wide feet; [the people] who in the heat make shade for themselves with their feet. By the western ocean, near the burning region, [are the] Shadow-feet; they say that these have soles larger…
- τ399Τετραποδηδόνfour-footedly, on all foursThus the Skiapodes in Libya walked, as they had flat feet and raised one of their feet to shade the rest of their body as shelter from the blazing heat which is common in their land.
- ψ157αἰτιατικῇleads souls, summons souls[Used] with an accusative. [Meaning he/she/it] encourages, delights; or brings up souls. Aristophanes in Birds [writes]: "by the [land of] the Shadow-feet there is a swamp, where Socrates leads souls." Concerning…
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- tweaks — David Whitehead
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- cosmetics, status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — David Whitehead