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Headword:
*)epikra/ths
Adler number: epsilon,2416
Translated headword: Epikrates, Epicrates
Vetting Status: high
Translation: "You have a beard much finer than that of
Epicrates". For this man had a large beard. He used to be called beard-bearer. And
Plato the comedy-writer says: "o lord of the hairy lip, beard-bearer
Epicrates."[1] And he used to be the butt of comedy for hairiness. He was a populist politician.
*)epikra/ths: *)epikra/tous ou)k o)li/gw| kalli/ona pw/gwn' e)/xeis. ou(=tos ga\r me/gan pw/gwna ei)=xen. e)pekalei=to de\ sakesfo/ros. kai\ *pla/twn o( kwmiko/s fhsin: a)/nac u(ph/nhs *)epi/krates sakesfo/re. kai\ e)kwmw|dei=to ei)s dasu/thta. h)=n de\ r(h/twr dhmagwgo/s.
Notes:
For this individual see also
epsilon 2417. The present entry derives from a misquotation of
Aristophanes,
Ecclesiazusae 71 (web address 1: the implicit verb is "I have"), with
scholia thereto; cf.
pi 2150.
[1]
Plato Comicus fr. 122 Kock, now 130 K.-A. For 'hairy lip' see
upsilon 427.
Web address 1
Keywords: biography; clothing; comedy; medicine; politics
Translated by: David Whitehead on 7 November 2007@09:26:15.
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