Τοὺς ἑταίρους τραγῳδοὺς ἀγωνιεῖται
he will compete with the other tragedians
Translated by David Whitehead21 Dec 2000Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Τοὺς ἑταίρους τραγῳδοὺς ἀγωνιεῖται· παροιμία ἐστὶν ἐπὶ τῶν ἁρμοζομένων καὶ σεμνοποιούντων ἑαυτοὺς πρὸς τὰ ἐναντία, ὡς Δίδυμός φησι.
Betacode
*tou\s e(tai/rous tragw|dou\s a)gwniei=tai: paroimi/a e)sti\n e)pi\ tw=n a(rmozome/nwn kai\ semnopoiou/ntwn e(autou\s pro\s ta\ e)nanti/a, w(s *di/dumo/s fhsi.
Notes (1)
- Abridged from Harpokration (and Photius) s.v., commenting in the first instance on Lycurgus fr. 17 Conomis.
- 1Didymus p.321 Schmidt (but not 'a proverb' in the sense of something taken up by the paroemiographers). The Suda version of this has
e(tai/rous , 'comrades', but Harpok. shows that it should bee(te/rous , 'other(s)' (which I have translated here). ↩
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- modified hw, at the prompting of Prof J C McKeown — David Whitehead
- tweaked notes; more keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- augmented keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- set status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — David Whitehead