brefos v. paidion

Carl Conrad cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Thu Dec 2 09:41:48 EST 1999


On 12/02/99, "Christopher Hutson <crhutson at salisbury.net>" wrote:
> Here is my translation of the first four entries in Aristophanes' list of 1=
> 6
> different stages of life:
> 
>   Brephos:  that which is newly born.  
>   Paidion: 	that which is fed by a nurse.
>   Paidarion:  that which is walking around and 
> 														beginning to grasp vocabulary.
>   Paidiskos:  the one in the next stage.  
> 
> The next entry is PAIS, and then things get complicated.

Thanks, Chris, for this sketch; looks like your dissertation is well worth 
a read; perhaps you can help me with one that's been bothering me for some 
time:the difference between MEIRAKION and PAIS--and is there anything else 
between these and an EFHBOS?




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