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Headword: Γῆμ' ἐπῆρε
Adler number: gamma,239
Translated headword: she set [me] on marrying
Vetting Status: low
Translation:
She persuaded [me] to marry. Properly "set on" [is used] to mean filled with conceit and exalted, promising that the woman would bring a great dowry, claiming she was a homemaker, while she was not this way. Aristophanes in Clouds: "[the matchmaker] who set me on marrying your mother."
Greek Original:
Γῆμ' ἐπῆρε: γῆμαι ἀνέπεισε. κυρίως δὲ τὸ ἐπῆρεν, ἀντὶ τοῦ ἐχαύνωσε καὶ ἀνεκούφισεν, ἐπαγγελλομένη προῖκα μεγάλην εἰσοίσειν τὴν γυναῖκα, οἰκουρὸν φάσκουσα εἶναι, μὴ οὕτως ἐχούσης. Ἀριστοφάνης Νεφέλαις: ἥτις με γῆμ' ἐπῆρε τὴν μητέρα.
Note:
Aristophanes, Clouds 42 (web address 1 below), with comment from the scholia there. For matchmakers see pi 2512.
Associated internet address:
Web address 1
Keywords: comedy; daily life; definition; economics; gender and sexuality; women
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 6 June 2003@00:58:02.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (added x-ref; augmented keywords; cosmetics) on 6 June 2003@03:47:39.
David Whitehead (another keyword) on 5 December 2005@06:12:07.
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