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Headword: Τροφαλίς
Adler number: tau,1059
Translated headword: curd, fresh cheese
Vetting Status: low
Translation:
Cheese.[1]
"[Did not] the dog [...] having snatched a Sicilian curd of cheese devour it?"[2]
Greek Original:
Τροφαλίς: τυρός. ἁρπάσας ὁ κύων τροφαλίδα τυροῦ Σικελὴν κατεδήδοκε.
Notes:
[1] Same or similar glossing in other lexica, and cf. also the scholia to the Aristophanes passage about to be quoted.
[2] An abridgement of Aristophanes, Wasps 837-8. The dog, here called Labes, is the Athenian general Laches who had campaigned in Sicily (Thuc. 3.86, 90, etc.).
Keywords: biography; comedy; definition; food; geography; history; imagery; military affairs; trade and manufacture
Translated by: David Whitehead on 20 May 2011@07:35:11.
Vetted by:
Catharine Roth (set status) on 28 May 2011@02:26:55.
David Whitehead (expanded note; another keyword) on 29 May 2011@04:25:07.

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