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Headword:
*gorgo/nh
Adler number: gamma,392
Translated headword: Gorgon
Vetting Status: high
Translation: Aristophanes [writes]: "and he roused
Gorgon out of his shield.'[1] As if he was saying, allegorically, [Lamachos] gave himself a bump on the head. For wishing to say "and from the impact he gave himself a lump", he said "he roused
Gorgon".
And
Aelian [writes]: "and they were pressing him hard, bringing forward and challenging the
Gorgon out of him, so to speak, [and] they completely silenced [this man], otherwise demonstrative and bold".[2] He is speaking about Diopeithes the Athenian, who introduced a law that a person from the town [sc.
Athens] staying in Peiraeus should suffer the death-penalty. Then on one occasion this man was through no fault of his own kept late and stayed over in Peiraeus and his enemies brought him to justice.[3] Because of this [
Aelian] speaks of "challenging [the]
Gorgon".
And the same writer [i.e.
Aristophanes] when mocking Morsimos and Melanthios says 'Gorgons', meaning fearsome in their gluttony.[4]
Greek Original:*gorgo/nh: *)aristofa/nhs: kai\ *gorgo/n' e)ch/geiren e)k th=s a)spi/dos. w(sei\ e)/legen, oi)/dhma e)poi/hsen e)pi\ th=s kefalh=s: par' u(po/noian. qe/lwn ga\r ei)pei=n, kai\ a)po\ th=s plhgh=s kordu/lhn e)poi/hsen, e)/fh, *gorgo/na e)ch/geire. kai\ *ai)liano/s: kai\ e)ne/keinto au)tw=| th\n e)c au)tou= profe/rontes, kai\ prosio/ntes w(s ei)pei=n *gorgo/na katesi/gasan a)/llws pro/lalon o)/nta kai\ i)tamo/n. le/gei de\ peri\ *diopei/qous tou= *)aqhnai/ou, o(\s no/mon ei)sa/gei, to\n a)po\ tou= a)/steos e)n *peiraiei= mei/nanta, tou=ton teqna/nai. ou(=tos ou)=n w)yi/sqh pote\ a)/kwn kai\ kate/meinen e)n tw=| *peiraiei=, kai\ au)to\n oi( e)xqroi\ ei)s di/khn u(pa/gousi. dia\ tou=to le/gei, prosio/ntes *gorgo/na. kai\ skw/ptwn o( au)to\s *mo/rsimon kai\ *mela/nqio/n fhsi. *gorgo/nes, a)nti\ tou= foberoi\ ei)s gastrimargi/an.
Notes:
[1]
Aristophanes,
Acharnians 1181 (web address 1), with comment from the
scholia there. The allusion is to the general Lamachos (
lambda 81), who roused to action the
Gorgon embossed on his shield not by the din of battle (cf. line 574) but by falling into a ditch.
[2]
Aelian fr. 22b Domingo-Forasté (22 Hercher); cf.
pi 2493.
[3] See
delta 1188 and notes there; also
omega 293.
[4] From the
scholia to
Aristophanes,
Peace 810 (web address 2), where the quoted word is used. Melanthios and Morsimos were would-be tragic poets. See
alpha 4264,
eta 358,
mu 457,
mu 1260,
mu 1261,
sigma 161,
phi 378,
psi 176. [Adler's punctuation, with a full stop after
fhsi, is ignored here.]
Associated internet addresses:
Web address 1,
Web address 2
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Translated by: Tony Natoli on 28 June 2003@23:45:49.
Vetted by:David Whitehead (added x-ref and note number; other cosmetics) on 29 June 2003@03:56:34.
David Whitehead (more keywords; tweaks and cosmetics) on 10 June 2012@08:42:41.
Catharine Roth (upgraded links) on 16 September 2012@01:50:20.
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