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Headword:
*pe/ntaqlos
Adler number: pi,971
Translated headword: pentathlete
Vetting Status: high
Translation: Democritus of
Abdera [used to be called this], because he studied physics, ethics, mathematics and general knowledge, and had wide experience of arts and crafts.[1] The saying "speech [is] the insult of Hermes" is his.[2]
Greek Original:*pe/ntaqlos: o( *dhmo/kritos o( *)abdhri/ths. h)/skhto ga\r ta\ fusika/, ta\ h)qika/, maqhmatika\ kai\ tou\s e)gkukli/ous lo/gous, kai\ peri\ texnw=n pa=san ei)=xen e)mpeiri/an. tou/tou e)sti\ kai\ to/, lo/gos *(ermou= ai)ki/h.
Notes:
From
Diogenes Laertius 9.37.
[1] For
Democritus see generally
delta 447,
delta 448. For other, similar applications of the term pentathlete see [
Longinus],
On the Sublime 34.1 (on
Hyperides,
upsilon 294), and
epsilon 2898 (
Eratosthenes). (For a real pentathlete see
phi 144.)
[2] In D.L. the phrase is quite different: "speech [is] the shadow of action",
lo/gos e)/rgou skih/. The Suda's unparalleled
lo/gos *(Ermou= ai)ki/h is thus surely an error, but perhaps not a mindless one; the notion may also be reflected in the exchange between Prometheus and Hermes in (?)
Aeschylus,
Prometheus Bound 961-970.
Translated by: David Whitehead on 10 October 2001@07:58:37.
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