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Headword:
Archaion
to
kitharizein
Adler number: alpha,4073
Translated headword: kithara-playing [is] old-fashioned
Vetting Status: high
Translation: That is, worthy of no account, silly, senseless.
Greek Original:Archaion to kitharizein: toutestin oudenos logou axion, lêrôdes, anoêton.
Notes:
Aristophanes,
Clouds 1357 (web address 1 below), with comment from the
scholia there.
For the fundamental distinction between kithara (
kappa 1590) or box-lyre and the various kinds of bowl-lyre, see M.L. West,
Ancient Greek Music (Oxford 1992) 48-70.
Associated internet address:
Web address 1
Keywords: comedy; definition; ethics; meter and music
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 11 April 2001@18:46:49.
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