Τοῦ δ' ἄρα ὁ Κωρυκαῖος ἠκροάζετο
so the man from Korykos was listening in
Translated by David Whitehead15 Dec 2002Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
The story goes that in the vicinity of Korykos in Pamphylia1 there were pirates, with whom some people in Korykos were working in collusion; the target of their schemes was the cargoes of those sailing by, and they took the opportunity to inform the pirates of the journeys intended. So the proverb's force applied to those appearing to be discreet while actually making their intentions known.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Τοῦ δ' ἄρα ὁ Κωρυκαῖος ἠκροάζετο· φασὶν ὅτι περὶ Κώρυκον τῆς Παμφυλίας ἦσαν πειραταί, οἷς τινες τῶν ἐν Κωρύκῳ συμπράττοντες περιειργάζοντο τῶν πλεόντων τὰ φορτία καὶ τὸν καιρόν, καθ' ὃν μέλλοιεν πλεῖν, τοῖς πειραταῖς ἐμήνυον. ἐκράτησεν οὖν ἡ παροιμία ἐπὶ τῶν δοκούντων μὲν λανθάνειν, εἰς γνῶσιν δὲ ἐρχομένων.
Betacode
*tou= d' a)/ra o( *kwrukai=os h)kroa/zeto: fasi\n o(/ti peri\ *kw/rukon th=s *pamfuli/as h)=san peiratai/, oi(=s tines tw=n e)n *kwru/kw| sumpra/ttontes perieirga/zonto tw=n pleo/ntwn ta\ forti/a kai\ to\n kairo/n, kaq' o(\n me/lloien plei=n, toi=s peiratai=s e)mh/nuon. e)kra/thsen ou)=n h( paroimi/a e)pi\ tw=n dokou/ntwn me\n lanqa/nein, ei)s gnw=sin de\ e)rxome/nwn.
Notes (1)
- cf. Zenobius 4.75, etc.
- 1cf. kappa 2299 (which also includes the present proverb). ↩
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Revision history3 revisions · last 15 Aug 2011
- more keywords — David Whitehead
- augmented note — David Whitehead
- set status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — David Whitehead