Σκιώνην
Skione, Scione
Translated by David Whitehead1 Nov 2001Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
"I would be better off watching Skione than this father of mine".1
Greek original · Adler’s text
Σκιώνην· ἦ μοι κρεῖττον ἦν τηρεῖν Σκιώνην ἀντὶ τούτου τοῦ πατρός.
Betacode
*skiw/nhn: h)= moi krei=tton h)=n threi=n *skiw/nhn a)nti\ tou/tou tou= patro/s.
Notes (1)
- The headword, extracted from the quotation given, is the accusative case of this toponym.
- 1Aristophanes, Wasps 209-10 (web address 1). At the time of production -- early spring 422 BCE -- the Athenians were besieging Skione, a rebellious northern ally (Barrington Atlas map 51 grid B5); see Thucydides 4.129ff. ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
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