Θηραμένης
Theramenes
Translated by David Whitehead2 May 2004Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Θηραμένης σοφός γ' ἀνήρ, ὃς ἢν κακοῖς που περιπέσῃ καὶ πλησίον παραστῇ, πέπτωκεν ἔξω τῶν κακῶν. οὗτος δὲ ἦν εὐμετάβολος καὶ πρὸς τὸν καιρὸν ἁρμόζων. ζήτει ἐν τῷ δεξιός.
Betacode
*qhrame/nhs sofo/s g' a)nh/r, o(\s h)\n kakoi=s pou peripe/sh| kai\ plhsi/on parasth=|, pe/ptwken e)/cw tw=n kakw=n. ou(=tos de\ h)=n eu)meta/bolos kai\ pro\s to\n kairo\n a(rmo/zwn. zh/tei e)n tw=| decio/s.
Notes (3)
- cf. theta 342, theta 343, theta 345.
- 1Aristophanes, Frogs 968-970 (abridged in the first part: for the full version see under theta 345). See text at web address 1. ↩
- 2From the scholia to Aristophanes, Frogs 541, where Th. is mentioned: web address 2. For 'changeable' cf. epsilon 1491, pi 89. ↩
- 3delta 234. ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
- Web address 2 perseus.tufts.edu
Linked from4 entries
- θ342ΘηραμένηςTheramenesAthenian, orator, pupil of Prodicus of Ceos; [the one] who was nicknamed "Kothornos". [He wrote] rhetorical exercises; and some other [works].
- θ343ΘηραμένηςTheramenesOf Keos, a sophist. [He wrote] 3 books of Exercises, On Verbal Resemblance, On Images or Analogies, On Figures.
- θ345ΘηραμένηςTheramenes"A wise man and amazing in everything," who never threw a bad throw, as [sc. is said] in knucklebones, but was lucky. Theramenes, he says, was "not a Chian but a Cean;" in effect he was a man for all seasons and, swift…
- τ871Τῶν τριῶν κακῶν ἕνone of the three evilsIt is a certain saying. And Menander setting forth two, as if proverbially adds on jokingly, "for [he] has one evil of these three." But they say that these are the three penalties which Theramenes prescribed. Polyzelus…
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Revision history5 revisions · last 3 Jan 2013
- Revised — David Whitehead
- another keyword — David Whitehead
- fixed links — Catharine Roth
- slight adjustment to tr; x-refs — David Whitehead
- added links, set status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — David Whitehead