Ὑπερεπυππάζοντό με
they were loading me with praises
Translated by Ioannis Doukas3 Feb 2010Vetting: high6 revisions
Translation
They were amazed by me exceedingly. They were astounded at me and they excessively wondered at my ambition. He is ridiculing them as admirers of unimportant things and quickly deceived with little gain. They1 used to cry out "bravo! [pu/ppac ]," which we call chirping [poppu/zein ].
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ὑπερεπυππάζοντό με· ὑπερεπλήσσοντό με. κατεπλήσσοντό με καὶ τὴν φιλοτιμίαν ὑπερεθαύμαζον τὴν ἐμήν. διασύρει δὲ αὐτοὺς ὡς μικροθαυμάστους καὶ ταχέως ἀπατωμένους ὀλίγῳ λήμματι. πύππαξ ἐπεφώνουν, ὃ ἡμεῖς ποππύζειν λέγομεν.
Betacode
*(uperepuppa/zonto/ me: u(pereplh/ssonto/ me. kateplh/ssonto/ me kai\ th\n filotimi/an u(pereqau/mazon th\n e)mh/n. diasu/rei de\ au)tou\s w(s mikroqauma/stous kai\ taxe/ws a)patwme/nous o)li/gw| lh/mmati. pu/ppac e)pefw/noun, o(\ h(mei=s poppu/zein le/gomen.
Notes (1)
- Aristophanes, Knights 680 (web address 1), with scholion; cf. Phrynichus, Praeparatio sophistica s.v.
u(perpuppa/zein . - 1The ancients in general, not the specific 'they' of the preceding sentence. ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
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Revision history6 revisions · last 24 Nov 2022
- Revised — Catharine Roth
- tweaked translation — Catharine Roth
- Revised — David Whitehead
- Revised — David Whitehead
- more keywords; tweaks and cosmetics; raised status — David Whitehead
- tweaks — Catharine Roth
- Translated — Ioannis Doukas