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Headword: *(ipparxi/wn a)/fwnos
Adler number: iota,518
Translated headword: Hipparchion speechless
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
There were two kithara-singers, Hipparchion and Rufinus; and when a contest [sc. between them] had begun Hipparchion stood speechless.
Greek Original:
*(ipparxi/wn a)/fwnos: du/o e)ge/nonto kiqarw|doi/, *(ipparxi/wn kai\ *(roufi=nos: kai\ a)gw=nos e)nsta/ntos o( *(ipparxi/wn a)/fwnos e)/sth.
Notes:
More fully in some of the paroemiographers, e.g. Zenobius 2.35, who gives the location as Helioupolis.
[1] For the kithara see generally kappa 1590.
Keywords: biography; daily life; geography; meter and music; proverbs
Translated by: David Whitehead on 20 October 2002@11:18:04.
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Catharine Roth (cosmetics) on 20 October 2002@22:01:46.
David Whitehead (expanded note) on 19 October 2003@07:47:41.
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