Ὑπογραφόμενος

painting under

Translated by Ioannis Doukas7 Jun 2008Vetting: high2 revisions

3 notes · 27 words

Translation

“Anointing his face and painting under1 his eyelids, and competing with the concubines in beauty and hairstyle; and completely following female habits.”2 The story [is] about Sardanapalus.3

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ὑπογραφόμενος· ἐγχρίων δὲ τὸ πρόσωπον καὶ τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς ὑπογραφόμενος πρός τε τὰς παλλακὰς ἁμιλλώμενος περὶ κάλλους καὶ πλοκῆς· τό τε σύμπαν γυναικείῳ ἔθει χρώμενος. περὶ Σαρδαναπάλου ὁ λόγος.

Betacode
*(upografo/menos: e)gxri/wn de\ to\ pro/swpon kai\ tou\s o)fqalmou\s u(pografo/menos pro/s te ta\s pallaka\s a(millw/menos peri\ ka/llous kai\ plokh=s: to/ te su/mpan gunaikei/w| e)/qei xrw/menos. peri\ *sardanapa/lou o( lo/gos. 

Notes (3)

  1. 1See also Pollux 5.102, Aelius Dionysius, and Photius s.v. u(po/gramma, Phrynichus, Praeparatio sophistica s.v. u(pogra/mmata; for the same verb in other senses see upsilon 466. ↩
  2. 2Nicolaus of Damascus FGrH 90 F2 (= Constantine Porphyrogenitus, De virtutibus et vitiis 1.329.20-22); also at sigma 121. ↩
  3. 3On Sardanapalus, besides sigma 121, see also sigma 122 and under alpha 396, alpha 2032, kappa 497, kappa 2046, omicron 1037, pi 2913 and tau 131. ↩

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Revision history2 revisions · last 27 Nov 2013
  1. Revised — David Whitehead
  2. modified keywords; other tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
  3. Translated — Ioannis Doukas

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