Τὸν Κολοφῶνα ἐπέθηκεν
he added the finishing touch
Translated by David Whitehead16 Dec 2002Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
[sc. A proverb deriving] from the occasion when the Kolophonians were fighting each other and part of them went to settle with the Smyrnaians. On one occasion the Smyrnaians were away for a war, one time, and the Kolophonians who had been left behind in Smyrna took over the city; as a result, the Kolophonians had two cities, Kolophon and Smyrna. And in deliberating about anything, the Smyrnaians who had been left behind with the Kolophonians in Smyrna ceded their votes to the Kolophonians when the votes were equal, and the vote was won by this addition. And thus the saying applied to every matter of supreme sovereignty is 'to add the finishing touch to the rest', as in reference to the 2nd votes of the Kolophonians [being added] to the other [vote] of these.1
Greek original · Adler’s text
Τὸν Κολοφῶνα ἐπέθηκεν· ἐκ τοῦ τοὺς Κολοφωνίους πρὸς ἑαυτοὺς στασιάσαντάς τινα τούτων μοῖραν ξυνοικίσαι τοῖς Σμυρναίοις. εἰς πόλεμον δέ ποτέ τινα ἀπελθόντων Σμυρναίων, τοὺς μὲν ὑπολειφθέντας ἐν Σμύρνῃ Κολοφωνίους κρατῆσαι αὐτῆς· ὡς τοὺς Κολοφωνίους ἐκ τούτου δύο πόλεις ἔχειν, τήν τε Κολοφῶνα καὶ Σμύρναν. καὶ ἐν τῷ βουλεύεσθαι περί τινος Σμυρναίους, οἳ ὑπελείφθησαν μετὰ τῶν Κολοφωνίων ἐν Σμύρνῃ, ὅτε ἴσαι ψῆφοι τούτοις ἐγένοντο, πρὸς τοὺς Κολοφωνίους ἀναφέρειν αὐτάς, καὶ ᾗ προσέθεντο, ταύτην κρατεῖν. καὶ οὕτω λέγεται ἐπὶ παντὸς τοῦ κυριωτάτου τὸν Κολοφῶνα ἐπιτίθεσθαι τοῖς λοιποῖς, ὡς ἐπὶ τῶν ψήφων τῶν βʹ τῶν Κολοφωνίων τῇ τούτων ἑτέρᾳ.
Betacode
*to\n *kolofw=na e)pe/qhken: e)k tou= tou\s *kolofwni/ous pro\s e(autou\s stasia/santa/s tina tou/twn moi=ran cunoiki/sai toi=s *smurnai/ois. ei)s po/lemon de/ pote/ tina a)pelqo/ntwn *smurnai/wn, tou\s me\n u(poleifqe/ntas e)n *smu/rnh| *kolofwni/ous krath=sai au)th=s: w(s tou\s *kolofwni/ous e)k tou/tou du/o po/leis e)/xein, th/n te *kolofw=na kai\ *smu/rnan. kai\ e)n tw=| bouleu/esqai peri/ tinos *smurnai/ous, oi(\ u(pelei/fqhsan meta\ tw=n *kolofwni/wn e)n *smu/rnh|, o(/te i)/sai yh=foi tou/tois e)ge/nonto, pro\s tou\s *kolofwni/ous a)nafe/rein au)ta/s, kai\ h(=| prose/qento, tau/thn kratei=n. kai\ ou(/tw le/getai e)pi\ panto\s tou= kuriwta/tou to\n *kolofw=na e)piti/qesqai toi=s loipoi=s, w(s e)pi\ tw=n yh/fwn tw=n b# tw=n *kolofwni/wn th=| tou/twn e(te/ra|.
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- tweaked tr; another note — David Whitehead
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- another keyword — David Whitehead
- set status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — David Whitehead