Tuesday, June 13, 2023
Warning
Hesiod, Works and Days 373-374 (tr. Hugh G. Evelyn-White):
The same, tr. A.E. Stallings:
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Do not let a flaunting woman coax and cozen and deceive you: she is after your barn.Flaunting is a euphemism. The Cambridge Greek Lexicon defines πυγοστόλος as "(of a woman) clothed in a way that draws attention to her arse, fancy-arsed."
μὴ δὲ γυνή σε νόον πυγοστόλος ἐξαπατάτω
αἱμύλα κωτίλλουσα, τεὴν διφῶσα καλιήν.
The same, tr. A.E. Stallings:
Don't let a woman mystify your mindM.L. West ad loc.:
With sweet talk and the sway of her behind —
She's just after your barn.
