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Μεταφέρω για βοήθεια το λήμμα parergon από το OED:
parergon Pl. parerga.
[L. parergon an extra ornament in art, a. Gr. πάρεργον, by-work, subordinate or secondary business, etc., n. use of neuter of πάρεργος, beside or in addition to the main work, f.παρά beside + έργον work.]
1. In Painting: Something subordinate or accessory to the main subject; hence, generally and fig., ornamental accessory or addition, grace, embellishment.
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2. By-work, subordinate or secondary work or business; work apart from one's main business or ordinary employment. Also a work, composition, etc., that is secondary to or a derivative of a larger or greater work; an opusculum [πονημάτιο].
1618 E. Bolton Hypercrit. iv. iv, For that the Subject_is rather Parergon, then the thing it self I write of.
1673 O. Walker Educ. xiv. 197, I advise to, but onely as a parergon, not an employment.
1897 Athenæum 9 Jan. 51/3 [He] pursued astronomy as a parergon (to use his own favourite phrase).
1928 W. M. Wheeler Foibles of Insects & Men p. vii, For some time friends have been urging me to republish in book form some of my papers which have appeared in various scientific journals. The continued demand for these parerga… suggests that they may, perhaps, be of interest to readers who do not habitually consult scientific journals.
1957 H. Nicolson Let. 2 Oct. (1968) 339, I don't think that you [sc. Vita Sackville-West] will really go down to posterity as a writer of gardening articles. You will be remembered as a poet…. So your gardening things will be regarded as a mere parergon (‘a bye-work'), like the flute-playing of Frederick the Great.
1963 Times 15 Feb. 6/6 At the end of the programme he and his orchestra played the suite of Symphonic Dances from West Side Story, a parergon of the musical show, and a very distinguished one.
1975 A. Mims tr. N. Kazantzakis Let. in Nikos Kazantzakis iv. 526, I think that my whole soul… is crystallized in the Odyssey. All the other works are parergons.
1975 Times Lit. Suppl. 16 May 531/2 Henry Bradley's The Making of English.. is what it is only because it arose as an inspired parergon to its author's main work as co-editor of the great Oxford Dictionary.