Σκυλοδεψῶν
tanners', tanners' quarter
Translated by David Whitehead19 Oct 2010Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
Aristophanes [writes]: "anyone lacking a couch and even bedclothes, let them go ... into the tanners' to sleep." In reference to men unable to escape notice.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Σκυλοδεψῶν· Ἀριστοφάνης· ὅσοις δὲ κλίνη μή ἐστι μηδὲ στρώματα, ἰέναι καθευδήσοντας ..... ἐς τῶν σκυλοδεψῶν. ἐπὶ τῶν λαθεῖν μὴ δυναμένων.
Betacode
*skulodeyw=n: *)aristofa/nhs: o(/sois de\ kli/nh mh/ e)sti mhde\ strw/mata, i)e/nai kaqeudh/sontas ..... e)s tw=n skulodeyw=n. e)pi\ tw=n laqei=n mh\ duname/nwn.
Notes
- Aristophanes, Ecclesiazusae 418-420 (web address 1), with scholion; cf. tau 406. The word missing from the quotation as transmitted is the perfect passive participle
a)ponenimme/nous , 'after they have been washed'.
The entry, as Adler notes, is out of alphabetical order,
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
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