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Headword: *kapni/as
Adler number: kappa,345
Translated headword: Capnias, Kapnias, Smokey
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
A poet who wrote nothing brilliant.
Greek Original:
*kapni/as: poihth/s, o( mhde\n lampro\n gra/fwn.
Notes:
In the paroemiographers (e.g. Appendix Proverbiorum 3.43) the word poet is part of the headword: 'smokey poet'.
As Hesychius kappa716 reveals, Capnias is a disparaging nickname ('Smokey') for the comic poet Ecphantides (no Suda entry but see OCD(4) s.v.).
Keywords: biography; comedy; imagery; poetry
Translated by: Bobbiejo Winfrey ✝ on 27 July 2003@07:38:41.
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Catharine Roth (cosmetics, keyword) on 27 July 2003@13:21:22.
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