Σποργίλος

Sporgilos, Sporgilus

Translated by David Whitehead4 Nov 2001Vetting: high3 revisions

1 note · 15 words

He was a barber. And Plato says: "the barber's-shop of Sporgilos, a most hateful shack."¹

Greek original · Adler’s text

Σποργίλος· ὃς ἦν κουρεύς. καὶ ὁ Πλάτων φησί· τὸ Σποργίλου κουρεῖον, ἔχθιστον τέγος.

Betacode

*sporgi/los: o(\s h)=n koureu/s. kai\ o( *pla/twn fhsi/: to\ *sporgi/lou kourei=on, e)/xqiston te/gos.

Notes (1)

From the scholia to Aristophanes, Birds 300 (299), where this individual is mentioned (see web address 1).
1Plato Comicus fr.135 Kock (144 Kassel-Austin); cf. kappa 1549. ↩

External resources

Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu

Linked from1 entry

κ1549Κηρύλοςkerulos, kerylos[Meaning] the male [h]alcyon, which dies in intercourse. Euphronios reports that the Dorians say "would that, would that I were a khru/los"; but the Attic-speakers [call it] keiru/los. When the males grow old the…

Neighbouring entries

σ962Σποράδηνscatteredly σ963ΣποράκηςSporakes, Sporaces σ964ΣποργίλοςSporgilos, Sporgilus σ965ΣπόροςSporos, Sporus σ966Σπόρτουλλαsportula, largesse

Revision history3 revisions · last 19 Aug 2011

19 Aug 2011Revised — David Whitehead
1 Jan 2005cosmetics — David Whitehead
29 Dec 2004added link, set status — Catharine Roth
4 Nov 2001Translated — David Whitehead