- Ucalegon
Ucalegon (Ancient Greek: polytonic|) was one of the Elders of
Troy , whose house was set on fire by theAchaeans when they sacked the city. He is one ofPriam 's friends in theIliad [ [http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Iliad/Book_III Illiad (3.148)] ] and the destruction of his house is referred to in theAeneid [ [http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Aeneid/Book_II Aeneid (2.312)] ] .He is referenced in the
Satires of Juvenal . [citebook|year = 1998 | title = The Sixteen Satires |author =Juvenal | coauthors= Peter Green |volume= III | chapter = |chapterurl= http://books.google.com/books?id=vZvMVAYN2lQC |page= |isbn=0140447040 | quote = The 'heroic downstairs neighbour' of 198-9 if given by J. the Trojan name of Ucalegon. In Virgil's Aeneid (2.311) as Troy burns, Aeneas sees the nearby house go up in flames ( _la. iam proximus ardet Ucalegon): but by now (J. seems to be saying) the Trojan (or his descendant) has learned by experience - "been there, done that" - and has the sense both to occupy a ground-floor apartment and to shift his stuff to safety in good time. ( _la. iam friuola transfert Ucalegon). Roman listeners, who knew the Aeneid more or less by heart, would appreciate the parody.] His name in Greek is translated as "doesn't worry." The name has become a word for "neighbor whose house is on fire."Usage in literature
*citebook|year = 1694| title =
Gargantua and Pantagruel |author =François Rabelais | coauthors=Peter Anthony Motteux |volume= IV | chapter = XXII |chapterurl= http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Fourth_Book/Chapter_XXII | quote = But who is this Ucalegon below, that cries and makes such a sad moan?
*citebook|year = 1866| title =Once A Week |author =Eneas Sweetland Dallas | coauthors= |volume= | chapter = Sans Merci: Or, Kestrels and Falcons |chapterurl= http://books.google.com/books?id=7bcRAAAAYAAJ |page= 244 | quote = If Seyton's own roof-tree was still unsinged, the fire had made wild work, of late, with his neighbours' dwellings; and, from the disaster of the last of these unlucky Ucalegons, he was divided by a thin party-wall.
*citebook|year = 1892| title =Annals of Winchester College |author =Thomas Frederick Kirby | coauthors= |volume= | chapter = |chapterurl= http://books.google.com/books?id=vZvMVAYN2lQC |page= 333 | quote = One of them, Peter Chamberlin, was burnt out; but this Ucalegon lived next door to the Castle, and suffered in consequence.ee also
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55701 Ukalegon External links
* [http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/iliad/characters.html Iliad Study Guide: Character list]
*Iam proximus ardet Ucalegon on the Italian wikipediaReferences
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