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Headword: Θεαγένης
Adler number: theta,80
Translated headword: Theagenes
Vetting Status: low
Translation:
A proper name.
Also Theagenes' Hekateion. A proverb. This man was a coward; he had a statue of Hekate from which he used to learn when he was going anywhere.[1]
He was also called Smoke.
Greek Original:
Θεαγένης: ὄνομα κύριον. καὶ Θεαγένους Ἑκάτειον. παροιμία: οὗτος δειλὸς ἦν: εἶχε δὲ Ἑκάτης ἄγαλμα, οὗ ἐπυνθάνετο πανταχοῦ ἀπιών. ὃς καὶ Καπνὸς ἐκαλεῖτο.
Notes:
cf. epsilon 361, theta 81.
From the scholia to Aristophanes, Lysistrata 64.
Keywords: biography; comedy; daily life; definition; proverbs; religion
Translated by: Ross Scaife on 18 January 2004@23:12:29.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (augmented notes and keywords; typo and other cosmetics) on 19 January 2004@04:13:23.


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