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Headword:
Pseudatraphaxuos
plea
Adler number: psi,45
Translated headword: full of false orach
Vetting Status: high
Translation: Meaning full of lies. Orach (
a)tra/facus) [is] a kind of vegetable, which grows large quickly. So since Kleon had made false accusations against the knights and the council decided to believe him, [
Aristophanes] said that the council has become 'full of false orach' -- [thereby he is] attacking Kleon as a liar, and upbraiding the council because they were easily and readily convinced by liars and slanderers, just as the plant grows.
Pseudatraphaxuos plea: anti tou plêrê pseusmatôn. atraphaxus de eidos lachanou, ho tacheôs eis megethos auxetai. epei oun ho Kleôn pseudê kata tôn hippeôn katêgorêse kai hê boulê peithesthai edokei, pseudatraphaxuos plean eipe tên boulên gegonenai, diaballôn men hôs pseustên ton Kleôna, tês de boulês kathaptomenos, hôs tois pseudomenois kai diaballousi peithomenên eucherôs kai rhaidiôs, hôsper kai to lachanon auxetai.
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Keywords: agriculture; biography; botany; comedy; definition; ethics; food; history; imagery; politics
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 23 December 2005@14:12:09.
Vetted by:David Whitehead (another x-ref and more keywords; cosmetics) on 29 December 2005@02:00:25.
David Whitehead (another keyword; cosmetics) on 5 August 2011@04:59:12.
Catharine Roth (upgraded link) on 5 August 2011@07:54:47.
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