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Headword: *)epi/gonos
Adler number: epsilon,2268
Translated headword: Epigonos, Epigonus
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
A proper name. Aristophanes [writes]: 'having caught sight [of Epigonos] there I thought I was speaking [to] women'. This man was the butt of comedy for being soft and for being always found with women.
Greek Original:
*)epi/gonos: o)/noma ku/rion. *)aristofa/nhs: e)pible/yas e)kei=se gunai=kas w)|o/mhn le/gein. ou(=tos e)kwmw|dei=to w(s malako\s kai\ w(s meta\ gunaikw=n a)ei\ eu(risko/menos.
Note:
An approximation of Aristophanes, Ecclesiazusae 167-8, with comment from the scholia there. See web address 1.
Associated internet address:
Web address 1
Keywords: biography; comedy; definition; ethics; gender and sexuality; women
Translated by: David Whitehead on 19 May 2003@08:16:05.
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Catharine Roth (added link) on 3 July 2003@17:39:45.
David Whitehead (cosmetics) on 4 July 2003@02:46:36.
David Whitehead on 29 July 2011@08:08:13.
Catharine Roth (upgraded link) on 14 October 2012@00:01:07.
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