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Headword: Βροντή
Adler number: beta,549
Translated headword: thunder
Vetting Status: low
Translation:
Noise from a cloud because of friction or bursting.[1]
There is also a [stage-]device which used to be called a thunderbox [bronteion]. Beneath the stage building was a pitcher full of small pebbles from the beach; and there was a bronze cauldron, into which the pebbles were poured and by their rolling around produced a sound like thunder.[2]
Greek Original:
Βροντή: νεφῶν ψόφος ἐκ παρατρίψεως ἢ ῥήξεως. ἔστι δὲ καὶ μηχάνημά τι, ὃ ἐκαλεῖτο βροντεῖον. ὑπὸ τὴν σκηνὴν δὲ ἦν ἀμφιφορεὺς ψηφῖδας ἔχων θαλαττίας: ἦν δὲ λέβης χαλκοῦς, εἰς ὃν αἱ ψῆφοι κατήγοντο καὶ κυλιόμεναι ἦχον ἀπετέλουν ἐοικότα βροντῇ.
Notes:
[1] A Stoic definition from Diogenes Laertius 7.153.
[2] From the scholia to Aristophanes, Clouds 294 (cf.292), where thunder is mentioned; cf. Pollux 4.130.
Keywords: comedy; daily life; definition; history; philosophy; science and technology; stagecraft; trade and manufacture; tragedy
Translated by: Sean M. Redmond on 8 October 2001@11:58:59.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (augmented notes and keywords; cosmetics) on 9 October 2001@03:36:12.
David Whitehead (more keywords) on 13 June 2011@09:32:48.
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