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Headword: Σκινδαψός
Adler number: sigma,609
Translated headword: skindapsos
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
A musical instrument.[1]
Concerning Zeno of Citium [we read]: "his [mental] mesh is shot, puny as it is; he had less intellect than a skindapsos".[2]
Greek Original:
Σκινδαψός: ὄργανον μουσικόν. περὶ Ζήνωνος τοῦ Κιτιέως: ὁ δ' ἔρρει γύργαθος αὐτοῦ μικρὸς ἰών: νοῦν δ' εἶχεν ἐλάσσονα σκινδαψοῖο.
Notes:
See also sigma 610.
[1] Not unlike a lyre. See under beta 335.
[2] Diogenes Laertius 7.15, quoting one of the hexameter lampoons of Timon (tau 631) for this jibe. On Zeno of Citium, see zeta 79.
Keywords: biography; comedy; definition; ethics; imagery; meter and music; philosophy; poetry
Translated by: David Whitehead on 1 November 2001@07:49:44.
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Catharine Roth (added cross-reference, set status) on 19 December 2004@22:50:23.
David Whitehead (another x-ref) on 20 December 2004@03:02:09.
David Whitehead (more keywords) on 18 August 2011@07:08:10.
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