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<p>[QUOTE="Roman Collector, post: 7568227, member: 75937"]Aesop makes just such a use of the double meaning of <a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0057%3Aentry%3Dxlwro%2Fs" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0057%3Aentry%3Dxlwro%2Fs" rel="nofollow">χλωρός</a> (chloros) in <a href="http://mythfolklore.net/aesopica/babrius/120.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://mythfolklore.net/aesopica/babrius/120.htm" rel="nofollow">Fable 120</a> (as written by Babrius), the tale of the fox and the frog. The story only makes sense when you know that chloros means both <i>pale</i> and <i>green</i>.</p><p><br /></p><blockquote><p>Ὁ τελμάτων ἔνοικος ὁ σκιῇ χαίρων,</p><p>ὁ ζῶν ὀρυκτοῖς βάτραχος παρ' εὐρίποις,</p><p>εἰς γῆν παρελθὼν ἔλεγε πᾶσι τοῖς ζῴοις·</p><p>"ἰατρός εἰμι φαρμάκων ἐπιστήμων,</p><p>οἵων ταχ' οὐδεὶς οἶδεν, οὐδ' ὁ Παιήων,</p><p>ὃς Ὄλυμπον οἰκεῖ καὶ θεοὺς ἰατρεύει."</p><p>"καὶ πῶς" ἀλώπηξ εἶπεν "ἄλλον ἰήσῃ,</p><p>ὃς σαυτὸν οὕτω χλωρὸν ὄντα μὴ σώζεις;</p></blockquote><p><br /></p><p>I translate this as follows:</p><p><br /></p><blockquote><p>The denizen of the marshes, the one who rejoices in shade,</p><p>that creature the frog, who lives along the dug ditches,</p><p>came out on dry land and said to all the creatures,</p><p>"I am a doctor, skilled in the use of drugs</p><p>such as no one knows, not even Paean,</p><p>who dwells on Olympus and is physician to the gods!"</p><p><br /></p><p>"Then how," said a fox, "can you heal another,</p><p>when you cannot save yourself from being so green/pale (chloros)?"</p></blockquote><p><br /></p><p>~~~</p><p><br /></p><p>I have a couple of GENIO issues to share.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1304993[/ATTACH]</p><blockquote><p><font size="3">Constantius I, Caesar, 293-305.</font></p><p><font size="3">Roman billon follis, 9.95 g, 26.6 mm, 11 h.</font></p><p><font size="3">Trier, AD 296-97.</font></p><p><font size="3">Obv: CONSTANTIVS NOB CAES, laureate head right.</font></p><p><font size="3">Rev: GENIO POPV-LI ROMANI, Genius standing left, modius on head, naked but for chlamys over left shoulder, holding patera and cornucopiae; A/Γ//TR.</font></p><p><font size="3">Refs: RIC vi, p. 183, 218a; Cohen 61; RCV 14035.</font></p></blockquote><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/constantius-i-genio-popvli-romani-follis-antioch-jpg.1107363/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><blockquote><p><font size="3">Constantius I, Caesar, 293-305.</font></p><p><font size="3">Roman billon follis, 9.83 g, 26.3 mm, 5 h.</font></p><p><font size="3">Antioch, AD 300-301.</font></p><p><font size="3">Obv: FL VAL CONSTANTIVS NOB CAES, laureate head right.</font></p><p><font size="3">Rev: GENIO POPV-LI ROMANI, Genius standing left, modius on head, naked but for chlamys over left shoulder, holding patera from which liquid flows, and cornucopiae; K/B-V//ANT.</font></p><p><font size="3">Refs: RIC vi, p. 620, 55a; Cohen 89; RCV 14069.</font></p></blockquote><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Roman Collector, post: 7568227, member: 75937"]Aesop makes just such a use of the double meaning of [URL='http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0057%3Aentry%3Dxlwro%2Fs']χλωρός[/URL] (chloros) in [URL='http://mythfolklore.net/aesopica/babrius/120.htm']Fable 120[/URL] (as written by Babrius), the tale of the fox and the frog. The story only makes sense when you know that chloros means both [I]pale[/I] and [I]green[/I]. [INDENT]Ὁ τελμάτων ἔνοικος ὁ σκιῇ χαίρων, ὁ ζῶν ὀρυκτοῖς βάτραχος παρ' εὐρίποις, εἰς γῆν παρελθὼν ἔλεγε πᾶσι τοῖς ζῴοις· "ἰατρός εἰμι φαρμάκων ἐπιστήμων, οἵων ταχ' οὐδεὶς οἶδεν, οὐδ' ὁ Παιήων, ὃς Ὄλυμπον οἰκεῖ καὶ θεοὺς ἰατρεύει." "καὶ πῶς" ἀλώπηξ εἶπεν "ἄλλον ἰήσῃ, ὃς σαυτὸν οὕτω χλωρὸν ὄντα μὴ σώζεις;[/INDENT] I translate this as follows: [INDENT]The denizen of the marshes, the one who rejoices in shade, that creature the frog, who lives along the dug ditches, came out on dry land and said to all the creatures, "I am a doctor, skilled in the use of drugs such as no one knows, not even Paean, who dwells on Olympus and is physician to the gods!" "Then how," said a fox, "can you heal another, when you cannot save yourself from being so green/pale (chloros)?"[/INDENT] ~~~ I have a couple of GENIO issues to share. [ATTACH=full]1304993[/ATTACH] [INDENT][SIZE=3]Constantius I, Caesar, 293-305. Roman billon follis, 9.95 g, 26.6 mm, 11 h. Trier, AD 296-97. Obv: CONSTANTIVS NOB CAES, laureate head right. Rev: GENIO POPV-LI ROMANI, Genius standing left, modius on head, naked but for chlamys over left shoulder, holding patera and cornucopiae; A/Γ//TR. Refs: RIC vi, p. 183, 218a; Cohen 61; RCV 14035.[/SIZE][/INDENT] [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/constantius-i-genio-popvli-romani-follis-antioch-jpg.1107363/[/IMG] [INDENT][SIZE=3]Constantius I, Caesar, 293-305. Roman billon follis, 9.83 g, 26.3 mm, 5 h. Antioch, AD 300-301. Obv: FL VAL CONSTANTIVS NOB CAES, laureate head right. Rev: GENIO POPV-LI ROMANI, Genius standing left, modius on head, naked but for chlamys over left shoulder, holding patera from which liquid flows, and cornucopiae; K/B-V//ANT. Refs: RIC vi, p. 620, 55a; Cohen 89; RCV 14069.[/SIZE][/INDENT][/QUOTE]
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