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Headword: Κολάκρετον
Adler number: kappa,1929
Translated headword: kolakretes, treasurer
Vetting Status: low
Translation:
Aristophanes [writes]: "and now I simply want to offer you whatever you wish, except to drink the milk of a kolakretes."
Greek Original:
Κολάκρετον: Ἀριστοφάνης: καὶ νῦν ἀτεχνῶς ἐθέλω παρέχειν ὅ τι βούλει σοί, πλὴν τοῦ κολακρέτου γάλα πίνειν.
Note:
Bdelykleon to his son Philokleon in Aristophanes, Wasps 722-724 (web address 1). For the office of κωλακρέτης (sic: should be spelled with omega), see kappa 2234 and kappa 2235. In the present passage 'drinking treasurer's milk' means joining the panel of jurors.
Associated internet address:
Web address 1
Keywords: comedy; constitution; food; imagery; law
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 31 December 2008@22:39:58.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (augmented note; more keywords) on 1 January 2009@04:49:51.
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