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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