03-08-2009, 01:46 PM
As far as I can tell.
He is quoting a series of authors about the word usage.
First off is Aristophanes, whom Pollux cites on the line just be Aristophanes' name. It's something about being wrapped in five animal skin coverlets. There is a full stop after Aristophanes.
Then there is the spolas is a thorax from derma, and within the same grammatical period the As Xenophon says.
Then the last part of the paragraph contains a citation from Sophocles who calls this sort of garment a "Libyan" as Libyans were leopard skin garments which are similiar.
He is quoting a series of authors about the word usage.
First off is Aristophanes, whom Pollux cites on the line just be Aristophanes' name. It's something about being wrapped in five animal skin coverlets. There is a full stop after Aristophanes.
Then there is the spolas is a thorax from derma, and within the same grammatical period the As Xenophon says.
Then the last part of the paragraph contains a citation from Sophocles who calls this sort of garment a "Libyan" as Libyans were leopard skin garments which are similiar.
Michael Griffin
High School Teacher who knows Latin & Greek
felicior quam sus in stercu
High School Teacher who knows Latin & Greek
felicior quam sus in stercu
