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Headword:
Prostatês
Adler number: pi,2809
Translated headword: champion, patron, sponsor
Vetting Status: high
Translation: Those who were the spokesmen of the metics at
Athens used to be called
prostatai; for it was necessary that each of the metics choose an Athenian [sc. as his or her]
prostates.[1]
"My share in this country is the equal of yours, and I am vexed and distressed at what the city does. For I see her always using wicked
prostatai; and if any was good for one day he becomes wicked for ten".[2]
*prosta/tis [is] the feminine form, with the iota; its genitive [is]
prosta/tidos.
Prostatês: hoi tôn metoikôn Athênêsi proestêkotes prostatai ekalounto: anankaion gar ên hekastôi tôn metoikôn politên tina Athênaion nemein prostatên. emoi d' ison men têsde tês chôras meta, hoson per humin: achthomai de kai pherô bareôs ta tês poleôs pragmata: horô gar autên prostatais chrômenên aei ponêrois: kan tis hêmeran mian chrêstos genêtai, deka ponêros gignetai. Prostatis de thêlukon, dia tou i: prostatidos hê genikê.
Notes:
[1] Abridged from Harpokration (and
Photius) s.v., citing
Hyperides and
Menander.
[2] The almost-verbatim quotation (spoken by a woman) is
Aristophanes,
Ekklesiazousai 173-178 (web address 1). It does not illustrate the technical meaning of the word
prostates with which the entry has begun, but a more generalized one.
D. Whitehead, The Ideology of the Athenian Metic (Cambridge 1977) 89-92
Associated internet address:
Web address 1
Keywords: comedy; definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; ethics; law; politics; rhetoric; women
Translated by: David Whitehead on 28 September 2000@08:40:15.
Vetted by:Catharine Roth (cosmetics, link, keywords, status) on 11 September 2004@13:36:20.
David Whitehead (augmented notes; cosmetics) on 12 September 2004@05:03:06.
David Whitehead (augmented notes and keywords; tweaks) on 15 July 2011@09:15:07.
Catharine Roth (fixed link) on 18 September 2011@01:34:10.
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