Τήλεφος ἐκ πηριδίου
Telephos [living] out of a little pouch
Translated by David Whitehead26 Mar 2010Vetting: high6 revisions
Translation
This man was a poor man. Aristophanes [writes]: "and yet previously you were a pauper, claiming to be Telephos [sc. living] out of a little pouch".1
Also [sc. attested is the phrase] 'Telepheian wound'.2
Also [sc. attested is the phrase] 'Telepheian wound'.2
Greek original · Adler’s text
Τήλεφος ἐκ πηριδίου· οὗτος πένης ἦν. Ἀριστοφάνης· καίτοι πρότερόν γ' ἐπτώχευες, Τήλεφος εἶναι φάσκων, ἐκ πηριδίου. καὶ Τηλέφειον τραῦμα.
Betacode
*th/lefos e)k phridi/ou: ou(=tos pe/nhs h)=n. *)aristofa/nhs: kai/toi pro/tero/n g' e)ptw/xeues, *th/lefos ei)=nai fa/skwn, e)k phridi/ou. kai\ *thle/feion trau=ma.
Notes (2)
- 1Aristophanes, Clouds 921-3 (web address 1), with scholion; see already at pi 1535. (The comment is barely adequate: T. [cf. under kappa 1444] was actually a king of Mysia who, in Euripides' tragedy of that name, had appeared disguised as a beggar at the court of Agamemnon.) ↩
- 2Only in lexicography. ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
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