Monday, August 14, 2017
Some Insults
Aristophanes, Clouds 398 (tr. Jeffrey Henderson, with his note):
Id. 492:
Id. 654:
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You moron redolent of the Cronia,32 you mooncalf!K.J. Dover ad loc.:
32 A festival celebrating Zeus' father Cronus, who symbolized a bygone age.
ὦ μῶρε σὺ καὶ Κρονίων ὄζων καὶ βεκκεσέληνε.
Id. 492:
This fellow's ignorant and barbaric!Id. 646:
ἅνθρωπος ἀμαθὴς οὑτοσὶ καὶ βάρβαρος.
You're a stupid clod.ἄγροικος = dwelling in the fields, rustic, boorish; δυσμαθής = slow at learning, dull
ὡς ἄγροικος εἶ καὶ δυσμαθής.
Id. 654:
You're a brainless lout!ἀγρεῖος = of the field, rustic, boorish; σκαιός = lefthanded, awkward, clumsy, stupid
ἀγρεῖος εἶ καὶ σκαιός.
