Ὑομουσία
pig's taste in music
Translated by David Whitehead27 Aug 2008Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] lack of education, swinishness. Aristophanes [writes]: "I marvel at the pig's taste in music".
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ὑομουσία· ἀπαιδευσία, χοιρωδία. Ἀριστοφάνης· θαυμάζω τῆς ὑομουσίας.
Betacode
*(uomousi/a: a)paideusi/a, xoirwdi/a. *)aristofa/nhs: qauma/zw th=s u(omousi/as.
Notes
- Aristophanes, Knights 985-6 (a lyric passage: web address 1), with scholion. The target of the sneer is Kleon (kappa 1731).
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Neighbouring entries
Revision history4 revisions · last 20 Nov 2013
- Revised — David Whitehead
- Revised — David Whitehead
- augmented note and keywords — David Whitehead
- added link, set status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — David Whitehead