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Headword:
Chaones
Adler number: chi,82
Translated headword: Chaones; Chaonians
Vetting Status: low
Translation: An Epirote people.
Aristophanes [writes]: "his ass-hole is exactly over the Chaonians." [1] Since Geres was also being accused of effeminacy.[2] And again
Aristophanes [writes]: "it's not possible to elude the Paphlagonian. For he sees everything: he has one leg in
Pylos and the other in the assembly."[3] "Among the Chaonians" comes from "to be opened wide" (
κεχηνέναι ).[4] The Chaonians [are] a tribe of Thrace.
Chaones: ethnos Êpeirôtikon. Aristophanês: ho prôktos estin autochrêm' en Chaosin. epeidê kai eis malakian dieballeto ho Gerês. kai authis Aristophanês: ton Paphlagona lathein ouch hoion te. ephorai gar autos pant': echei gar to skelos to men en Pulôi, to d' heteron en têi ekklêsiai. en Chaosi de para to kechênenai. Thraikês de ethnos hoi Chaones.
Notes:
[1]
Aristophanes,
Knights 78 (web address 1 below).
[2] From a scholion to
Aristophanes,
Acharnians 604, where "Geretotheodorus" is said to be "among the Chaonians" (web address 2 below); cf.
gamma 197.
[3]
Aristophanes,
Knights 74-76 (web address 1 below), with a scholion. The 'Paphlagonian' is Kleon (
kappa 1731). See also
alpha 4537.
[4] The pun potential of the "Chaonians" is due to the similarity between the name of the tribe and the root
χα- as in
χάσκω "I gape" (
chi 81), whence
κεχην́εναι , the perfect active infinitive.
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Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 12 March 2008@19:21:56.
Vetted by: David Whitehead (augmented notes and keywords; tweaks and cosmetics) on 13 March 2008@06:07:11.
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