Τενέδιος ἄνθρωπος

Tenedian fellow

Translated by David Whitehead16 Dec 2002Vetting: high4 revisions

2 notes · 44 words
[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to those with frightening appearances; for when Tenes laid down laws in Tenedos1 he stipulated that a man with an axe should stand behind the judge and strike the man being convicted after he had spoken in vain.2

Greek original · Adler’s text

Τενέδιος ἄνθρωπος· ἐπὶ τῶν φοβερὰς ὄψεις ἐχόντων· ὁ γὰρ Τένης ἐνομοθέτησεν ἐν Τενέδῳ ἄνθρωπον πέλεκυν ἔχοντα ἵστασθαι κατὰ νῶτον τοῦ κριτοῦ καὶ τὸν μάτην λέγοντα ἁλισκόμενον πλήττειν.

Betacode
*tene/dios a)/nqrwpos: e)pi\ tw=n fobera\s o)/yeis e)xo/ntwn: o( ga\r *te/nhs e)nomoqe/thsen e)n *tene/dw| a)/nqrwpon pe/lekun e)/xonta i(/stasqai kata\ nw=ton tou= kritou= kai\ to\n ma/thn le/gonta a(lisko/menon plh/ttein.

Notes (2)

  1. cf. Zenobius 6.9, and see further under tau 310 and tau 311.
  2. 1Tenedos is a small island in the NE Aegean (present-day Bozcaada), reckoned to take its name from Tenes son of Kyknos; see Stephanus of Byzantium s.v., a very full entry. ↩
  3. 2Zenobius' version is more coherent: it is the two litigants behind whom the axe-man stood, to perform his summary executions. Zenobius also has more on Tenes himself. ↩

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Revision history4 revisions · last 9 Jan 2014
  1. Revised — David Whitehead
  2. tweaks — David Whitehead
  3. modified translation — David Whitehead
  4. Revised — Catharine Roth
  5. Translated — David Whitehead

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