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Headword:
Kêrou
euplastoteros
Adler number: kappa,1537
Translated headword: more malleable than wax
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to those who do something easily.[1]
"
Asclepiodotus had an enthusiasm for the chromatic and diatonic kind of music:[2] so he made his voice and the related organs of nature more malleable than wax and trained them for what he wished. And the usefulness was present, so that he could imitate the sounds of all kind of animals and of other noises."[3]
Kêrou euplastoteros: epi tôn rhaidiôs ti poiountôn. tôi de Asklêpiodotôi spoudê ên eis to chrômatikon kai diatonikon eidos tês mousikês: hôste tên heautou phônên kai ta peri autên organa tês phuseôs euplastotera kêrou dietitheto kai meterruthmizen es ho ti êbouleto, kai hê chreia parên: hôste kai zôiôn hapantôn mimeisthai kai tôn allôn ktupôn tas apêchêseis.
Notes:
[1] Same glossing in
Timaeus'
Platonic Lexicon. The headword phrase (with its comparative of the adjective
eu)/plastos) is almost certainly quoted from
Plato,
Republic 588D (accusative case there: web address 1). Similar entry in Gregory of
Cyprus,
Proverbs 4.2; see generally Tosi (cited under
alpha 378) no.1375; and again under
pi 1693.
[2] On chromatic and diatonic scales, see
chi 538.
[3]
Damascius,
Life of Isidore fr. 198 Zintzen (127 Asmus). For
Asclepiodotus, see
alpha 4174 and other entries referenced there.
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Keywords: biography; daily life; ethics; imagery; medicine; meter and music; philosophy; proverbs; trade and manufacture; zoology
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 17 November 2008@20:00:25.
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