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Headword: Ἄνδρα Τιθωνὸν σπαράττων καὶ ταράττων καὶ κυκῶν
Adler number: alpha,2159
Translated headword: attacking and troubling and vexing Old Man Tithonos
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
That is, [doing so to] someone exceedingly old. From Tithonos, who grew altogether ancient and was changed into a cicada.
Greek Original:
Ἄνδρα Τιθωνὸν σπαράττων καὶ ταράττων καὶ κυκῶν: τουτέστιν ὑπεράγαν γεγηρακότα. ἀπὸ Τιθωνοῦ, τοῦ πάνυ γηράσαντος καὶ μεταβληθέντος εἰς τέττιγα.
Notes:
Aristophanes, Acharnians 688 (web address 1), with comment from the scholia there; cf. tau 578.
For Tithonos see OCD(3) 526 (under Eos).
Associated internet address:
Web address 1
Keywords: comedy; definition; mythology; zoology
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 25 October 2000@18:11:36.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (modified translation; added note; cosmetics) on 26 October 2000@03:58:52.
David Whitehead (augmented notes and keywords; cosmetics) on 2 August 2002@06:53:17.
Catharine Roth (added link) on 19 October 2004@01:25:23.
David Whitehead (cosmetic) on 19 October 2004@03:05:12.
Catharine Roth (fixed link) on 20 July 2011@16:28:51.
David Whitehead on 1 March 2012@03:12:46.
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