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Apparatus (A. C. Pearson, 1917; OCR review) (OCR draft) (Latin) (Apparatus (A. C. Pearson, 1917; OCR review))
Provisional text from uncorrected OCR; expect errors.
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Greek (A. S. Hunt, 1912; Perseus reference) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. S. Hunt, 1912; Perseus reference)) — 352 focus
Κυλλήνη
[
1
] ἄρτι μανθάνω χρόνῳ
[
2
ἐγχ]άσκοντα τῇ ʼμῇ μωρίᾳ
[
3
ο]ὐδέν, ἀλλὰ παιδιᾶς χάριν.
[σὺ δʼ οὖν τὸ λοιπ̀ο]ν εἰς ἔμʼ εὐδίαν ἔχων,
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[εἴ σοι φέρει χάρ]μʼ ἤ τι κερδαίνειν δοκεῖς
[ὄπως θέλεις κά]χαζε καὶ τέρπου φρένα·
[τὸν παῖδα δʼ ὄ]ντα τοῦ Διὸς σαφεῖ λόγῳ
[μὴ σκῶπτε ποι]ῶν ἐν νέῳ νέον λόγον·
[οὗτος γὰρ οὔτε] πρὸς πατρὸς κλέπτης ἔφυ
360
[οὔτʼ αὖτις ἐν μ]ήτρωσιν ἡ κλοπὴ κρατεῖ.
[εἰ δὴ κλοπή τ]ίς ἐστι, τὸν κλέπτην σκόπει
[ἄπορον ἄ]καρπον· τοῦδε δʼ οὐ π
ειν
ῇ δόμος.
[ἄθρ]ει γένος πρόσαπτε τὴν πονηρίαν
[πρὸ]ς ὅντινʼ ἥκει· τῷδε δʼ οὐχ οὕτω πρέπει.
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ἀ[λλʼ] αἰὲν εἶ σὺ παῖς· νέος γὰρ ὢν ἀνὴρ
π[ώγ]ωνι θάλλων ὡς τράγος κνήκῳ χλιδᾷς.
παύου τὸ λεῖον φαλακρὸν ἡδονῇ πιτνάς.
[ο]ὐκ ἐκ θεῶν τὰ μῶρα καὶ γέλοια χρὴ
[χ]ανόντα κλαίειν ὕστερʼ; ὡς ἐγὼ
λέ
γω.
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[
1
] ἄρτι μανθάνω χρόνῳ
[
2
ἐγχ]άσκοντα τῇ ʼμῇ μωρίᾳ
[
3
ο]ὐδέν, ἀλλὰ παιδιᾶς χάριν.
[σὺ δʼ οὖν τὸ λοιπ̀ο]ν εἰς ἔμʼ εὐδίαν ἔχων,
355
[εἴ σοι φέρει χάρ]μʼ ἤ τι κερδαίνειν δοκεῖς
[ὄπως θέλεις κά]χαζε καὶ τέρπου φρένα·
[τὸν παῖδα δʼ ὄ]ντα τοῦ Διὸς σαφεῖ λόγῳ
[μὴ σκῶπτε ποι]ῶν ἐν νέῳ νέον λόγον·
[οὗτος γὰρ οὔτε] πρὸς πατρὸς κλέπτης ἔφυ
360
[οὔτʼ αὖτις ἐν μ]ήτρωσιν ἡ κλοπὴ κρατεῖ.
[εἰ δὴ κλοπή τ]ίς ἐστι, τὸν κλέπτην σκόπει
[ἄπορον ἄ]καρπον· τοῦδε δʼ οὐ π
ειν
ῇ δόμος.
[ἄθρ]ει γένος πρόσαπτε τὴν πονηρίαν
[πρὸ]ς ὅντινʼ ἥκει· τῷδε δʼ οὐχ οὕτω πρέπει.
365
ἀ[λλʼ] αἰὲν εἶ σὺ παῖς· νέος γὰρ ὢν ἀνὴρ
π[ώγ]ωνι θάλλων ὡς τράγος κνήκῳ χλιδᾷς.
παύου τὸ λεῖον φαλακρὸν ἡδονῇ πιτνάς.
[ο]ὐκ ἐκ θεῶν τὰ μῶρα καὶ γέλοια χρὴ
[χ]ανόντα κλαίειν ὕστερʼ; ὡς ἐγὼ
λέ
γω.
370
Translations (1)
English (Anne Mahoney, adapted from Walker) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Anne Mahoney, adapted from Walker)) — 352 focus
Cyllene
I understand finally
laughing at my foolishness
nothing, delight for the child. You can be reassured about me from now on, and laugh at me if you get some joy or profit from it. But do not mock the son of Zeus, making childish remarks about the child.
For he did not inherit a thief’s nature from his father, nor does thievery hold sway in his mother’s family. If there
is any theft here, look for a poor man as your thief; but this boy’s house is hardly poor. Consider his family, and fit bad deeds to bad men; it’s hardly appropriate to him. But you are always a child, even though you’re a young man and your beard grows on your face like a goat’s. Stop stretching up your smooth bald head for caresses. I tell you this: if you think the gods are foolish or laughable,
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you will soon be crying.
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I understand finally
laughing at my foolishness
nothing, delight for the child. You can be reassured about me from now on, and laugh at me if you get some joy or profit from it. But do not mock the son of Zeus, making childish remarks about the child.
For he did not inherit a thief’s nature from his father, nor does thievery hold sway in his mother’s family. If there
is any theft here, look for a poor man as your thief; but this boy’s house is hardly poor. Consider his family, and fit bad deeds to bad men; it’s hardly appropriate to him. But you are always a child, even though you’re a young man and your beard grows on your face like a goat’s. Stop stretching up your smooth bald head for caresses. I tell you this: if you think the gods are foolish or laughable,
360
you will soon be crying.
370
Commentary
Commentary (A. C. Pearson, 1917; OCR review) (OCR draft) (Commentary (A. C. Pearson, 1917; OCR review)) focus
mvp-comment-140-1 258 ζημία πορίζεται: 'punishment is in store for you, in case you reveal....' The apodosis to εἰ φανεῖτε is contained in ζημία, and πορίζεται is unconditional. Cf. Isocr. 4. 157 ἀρὰς ποιοῦνται, εἴ τις ἐπικηρυκεύεται Πέρσαις, quoted by Goodwin § 490.