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Headword:
Ἐγχέλεις
θηρώμενος
Adler number: epsilon,174
Translated headword: hunting eels
Vetting Status: low
Translation: In reference to those stirring up trouble for their own benefit. For whenever the water is still, they catch nothing; but when they stir up the water above and below, they take and catch [eels]. Thus also these men [are] stirring up the city.
Greek Original:Ἐγχέλεις θηρώμενος: ἐπὶ τῶν διὰ κέρδος ἴδιον ταραχὰς ποιούντων. ὅταν γὰρ τὸ ὕδωρ καταστῇ, οὐδὲν λαμβάνουσιν: ὅτε δὲ ἄνω καὶ κάτω τὸ ὕδωρ ταράξουσιν, αἱροῦσι καὶ λαμβάνουσιν. οὕτω καὶ οὗτοι ταράττοντες τὴν πόλιν.
Notes:
From a scholion on
Aristophanes,
Knights 865 (where a plural version of the present headword phrase occurs: web address 1).
For eels see also
epsilon 175.
Web address 1
Keywords: comedy; daily life; dialects, grammar, and etymology; politics; zoology
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 16 January 2006@21:47:23.
Vetted by: David Whitehead (tweaked tr; augmented notes and keywords) on 17 January 2006@03:46:55.
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