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Headword:
*ou)k
e)to\s
a)f'
h(mw=n
ei)sin
ai(
tragw|di/ai:
ou)de\n
ga/r
ei)si
plh\n
*poseidw=n
kai\
ska/fh
Adler number: omicron,890
Translated headword: no wonder tragedies [come] from us for they are nothing but Poseidon and a boat
Vetting Status: high
Translation: A proverbial phrase in reference to those involved in the same thing but content to think of nothing else. The sense [is]: we [sc. women] are nothing but sex and childbirth. For Poseidon copulated with Tyro and produced Neleus and Pelias.
Greek Original:*ou)k e)to\s a)f' h(mw=n ei)sin ai( tragw|di/ai: ou)de\n ga/r ei)si plh\n *poseidw=n kai\ ska/fh: paroimi/a e)pi\ tw=n e)gkulindoume/nwn tw=| au)tw=| pra/gmati, a)/llo de\ mhde\n noei=n a)nexome/nwn. o( de\ nou=s: ou)de\n e)sme\n ei) mh\ sunousia/zein kai\ ti/ktein. o( ga\r *poseidw=n e)mi/gh th=| *turoi= kai\ e)ge/nnhse *nhle/a kai\ *peli/an.
Notes:
Aristophanes,
Lysistrata 138-9 (with 'we' for the Suda's 'they'), with scholion. See web address 1.
In the myth in question, the subject of
Sophocles' lost
Tyro (and already in
Homer,
Odyssey 11.235-259), Poseidon seduced Tyro by taking on the form of her lover, the river Enipeus; their twin sons were then exposed in a boat.
For 'no wonder', see already
omicron 888,
omicron 889.
Associated internet address:
Web address 1
Keywords: children; comedy; definition; gender and sexuality; mythology; proverbs; tragedy; women
Translated by: David Whitehead on 28 May 2010@09:03:10.
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