Suda On Line menu Search

Home
Search results for sigma,949 in Adler number:
Greek display:    
Headword: Σπίτταλος
Adler number: sigma,949
Translated headword: Spittalos, Pittalos
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
An eminent doctor in Athens. Aristophanes [writes]: "go away to the [likes] of Spittalos. But you, drop me a morsel of peace [into] this [little tube]".[1] That is [into] a bronze or silver vessel -- the sort of things doctors have.
Greek Original:
Σπίτταλος: ἰατρὸς παρὰ Ἀθηναίοις δόκιμος. Ἀριστοφάνης: ἄπελθε πρὸς τοῦ Σπιττάλου. σὺ δ' ἀλλά μοι σταλαγμὸν εἰρήνης ἔνσταξον τουτονί. τουτέστι χαλκοῦν ἢ ἀργυροῦν: οἵους ἔχουσιν οἱ ἰατροί.
Notes:
Besides the quotation given here, he is mentioned later in the same play (line 1222) and again in a later one (Wasps 1432)
[1] An approximation of Aristophanes, Acharnians 1032-34 (which has "cry" instead of this "go away" -- and the name should be not Spittalos but Pittalos), with comment from the scholia there.
Associated internet address:
Web address 1
Keywords: biography; comedy; imagery; medicine; science and technology
Translated by: David Whitehead on 4 November 2001@07:35:49.
Vetted by:
Catharine Roth (augmented note, added link, set status) on 29 December 2004@19:22:14.
David Whitehead (modified headword and note) on 1 January 2005@06:53:25.
David Whitehead (another note; tweaks) on 19 August 2011@07:03:31.
David Whitehead on 19 August 2011@07:04:05.
Find      

Test Database Real Database

(Try these tips for more productive searches.)
No. of records found: 1    Page 1

End of search