 | Aristophanes - 1882 - 130 pages
...the late Lord Macaulay. t The Greek is "by three cuckoos ;" that is, according to one explanation, by three fellows who gave their votes over and over again,...cuckoo cries the whole place seems full of cuckoos. But probably "cuckoo" was a common term for a stupid fellow, as "owl" is with us. Your Tisamenophaenippaean... | |
 | Aristophanes - 1882 - 120 pages
...the late Lord Macaulay. t The Greek is "by three cuckoos; " that is, according to one explanation, by three fellows who gave their votes over and over again,...cuckoo cries the whole place seems full of cuckoos. But probably "cuckoo" was a common term for a stupid fellow, as "owl" is with us. The Acharnians of... | |
 | Aristophanes, W. Rennie - Greek drama (Comedy) - 1909 - 334 pages
...three cuckoos.' L. and S. quote Hesych. In-) In-owoqOlvs-av ,rXcio'vas' etvai ice) IsXtyow Svs-øs'—' who gave their votes over and over again, so as to...three; just as when a cuckoo cries, the whole place is full of cuckoos.' One does not see how they did this. The point is rather that the election did... | |
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who gave their votes over and over again, so as to seem far more than three : just as when a cuckoo cries, the whole place seems full of cuckoos. 