Ξύναυλον
with aulos
Translated by James L. P. Butrica ✝19 Feb 2000Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
In Aristophanes [sc. there occurs the phrase] "a cry [...] with aulos,"1 [meaning] the kind shared with auloi.2
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ξύναυλον· παρὰ Ἀριστοφάνει ξύναυλον βοάν, τὴν μετὰ αὐλῶν κοινήν.
Betacode
*cu/naulon: para\ *)aristofa/nei cu/naulon boa/n, th\n meta\ au)lw=n koinh/n.
Notes (2)
- 1Aristophanes, Frogs 212 (text at web address 1) with scholion. ↩
- 2Reed pipes, akin to the modern oboe (*not* flute); see M.L. West, Ancient Greek Music (Oxford 1992) 81-109. K.J. Dover, Aristophanes, Frogs, edited with introduction and commentary (Oxford 1993) 223 notes, on the present passage, that "the aulos is the normal accompaniment [...] of choral song in drama." ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
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Revision history5 revisions · last 21 Jul 2013
- upgraded link — Catharine Roth
- augmented n.2; tweaks and cosmetics; raised status — David Whitehead
- Revised — Catharine Roth
- cosmetics, added link — Catharine Roth
- added headword, notes, keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — James L. P. Butrica ✝