Θέωρος

Theoros, Theorus

Translated by David Whitehead27 Nov 2000Vetting: high4 revisions

35 words
A proper name. He was a perjurer and a flatterer. Theoros was satirized in comedy as, also, a seducer and a fish-eater and a villain. So he lived in Corinth, because of the whores there.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Θέωρος· ὄνομα κύριον. ἦν δὲ ἐπίορκος καὶ κόλαξ. ἐκωμῳδεῖτο δὲ ὁ Θέωρος καὶ ὡς μοιχὸς καὶ ἰχθυοφάγος καὶ πονηρός. περὶ Κόρινθον οὖν διέτριβε διὰ τὰς ἐκεῖ πόρνας.

Betacode
*qe/wros: o)/noma ku/rion. h)=n de\ e)pi/orkos kai\ ko/lac. e)kwmw|dei=to de\ o( *qe/wros kai\ w(s moixo\s kai\ i)xquofa/gos kai\ ponhro/s. peri\ *ko/rinqon ou)=n die/tribe dia\ ta\s e)kei= po/rnas.

Notes

  1. Mentioned in several plays of Aristophanes (Acharnians, Knights, Clouds, Wasps) from the 420s BCE. The present material derives from the scholia to Knights 608.

References


Aristophanes, Wasps, edited with introduction and commentary by Douglas M. MacDowell (Oxford 1971) 133

Neighbouring entries

θ222ΘεωρίςTheorisθ223Θεωροδόκοςtheorodokosθ224ΘέωροςTheoros, Theorusθ225Θεωροίtheoroi, observersθ226Θεράπαιναhandmaiden
Revision history4 revisions · last 5 Nov 2018
  1. coding — Catharine Roth
  2. Revised — David Whitehead
  3. cosmetics — David Whitehead
  4. cosmetics — Catharine Roth
  5. Translated — David Whitehead

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