Σπίτταλος
Spittalos, Pittalos
Translated by David Whitehead4 Nov 2001Vetting: high6 revisions
Translation
An eminent doctor in Athens. Aristophanes [writes]: "go away to the [likes] of Spittalos. But you, drop me a morsel of peace [into] this [little tube]".1 That is [into] a bronze or silver vessel -- the sort of things doctors have.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Σπίτταλος· ἰατρὸς παρὰ Ἀθηναίοις δόκιμος. Ἀριστοφάνης· ἄπελθε πρὸς τοῦ Σπιττάλου. σὺ δ' ἀλλά μοι σταλαγμὸν εἰρήνης ἔνσταξον τουτονί. τουτέστι χαλκοῦν ἢ ἀργυροῦν· οἵους ἔχουσιν οἱ ἰατροί.
Betacode
*spi/ttalos: i)atro\s para\ *)aqhnai/ois do/kimos. *)aristofa/nhs: a)/pelqe pro\s tou= *spitta/lou. su\ d' a)lla/ moi stalagmo\n ei)rh/nhs e)/nstacon toutoni/. toute/sti xalkou=n h)\ a)rgurou=n: oi(/ous e)/xousin oi( i)atroi/.
Notes (1)
- Besides the quotation given here, he is mentioned later in the same play (line 1222) and again in a later one (Wasps 1432)
- 1An approximation of Aristophanes, Acharnians 1032-34 (which has "cry" instead of this "go away" -- and the name should be not Spittalos but Pittalos), with comment from the scholia there. See web address 1. ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Neighbouring entries
Revision history6 revisions · last 31 Dec 2013
- Revised — David Whitehead
- tweaked note — Catharine Roth
- Revised — David Whitehead
- another note; tweaks — David Whitehead
- modified headword and note — David Whitehead
- augmented note, added link, set status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — David Whitehead