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Headword: *(uomousi/a
Adler number: upsilon,122
Translated headword: pig's taste in music
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
[Meaning] lack of education, swinishness. Aristophanes [writes]: "I marvel at the pig's taste in music".
Greek Original:
*(uomousi/a: a)paideusi/a, xoirwdi/a. *)aristofa/nhs: qauma/zw th=s u(omousi/as.
Note:
Aristophanes, Knights 985-6 (a lyric passage: web address 1), with scholion. The target of the sneer is Kleon (kappa 1731).
Associated internet address:
Web address 1
Keywords: biography; comedy; definition; ethics; imagery; meter and music; zoology
Translated by: David Whitehead on 27 August 2008@06:03:12.
Vetted by:
Catharine Roth (added link, set status) on 27 August 2008@12:19:58.
David Whitehead (augmented note and keywords) on 28 August 2008@03:46:00.
David Whitehead on 9 August 2011@09:10:27.
David Whitehead on 20 November 2013@06:38:48.
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