Τῆς μυρίας ὄντα τηλικουτονί
what foolishness: [to believe in Zeus] at your age
Translated by David Whitehead14 May 2008Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
In reference to people who, though adults, say something surprising. That is, those who are fully grown and [sc. therefore] ought to know everything.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Τῆς μυρίας ὄντα τηλικουτονί· ἐπὶ τῶν παραλόγως τι λεγόντων, ἐνηλίκων ὄντων. οἷον τελείαν ἐχόντων τὴν ἡλικίαν καὶ πάντα εἰδέναι ὀφειλόντων.
Betacode
*th=s muri/as o)/nta thlikoutoni/: e)pi\ tw=n paralo/gws ti lego/ntwn, e)nhli/kwn o)/ntwn. oi(=on telei/an e)xo/ntwn th\n h(liki/an kai\ pa/nta ei)de/nai o)feilo/ntwn.
Notes
- Aristophanes, Clouds 818-819 (with scholion) -- but here both abridged and with the opening noun corrupted from
mwri/as to the nonsensicalmuri/as . See web address 1.
Despite the form of the gloss, there is no sign that this phrase became proverbial.
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Neighbouring entries
Revision history3 revisions · last 14 Aug 2011
- Revised — David Whitehead
- augmented notes — David Whitehead
- added link, set status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — David Whitehead