Ἁλουργά
sea-wrought
Translated by Jennifer Benedict28 May 2000Vetting: high13 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἁλουργά· θαλασσοπόρφυρα. αἱ μίτραι, τό θ' ἁλουργὲς ὑπένδυμα, οἵτε Λάκωνες πέπλοι.
Betacode
*(alourga/: qalassopo/rfura. ai( mi/trai, to/ q' a(lourge\s u(pe/nduma, oi(/te *la/kwnes pe/ploi.
Notes (2)
- cf. alpha 1358, alpha 1359, alpha 1360.↩
- 1The headword is neuter plural of this adjective, with the same or similar glossing in other lexica, including Timaeus' Platonic Lexicon; it is very probably quoted from Plato, Republic 429D. ↩
- 2Greek Anthology 6.292.1 (Hedylus); cf. lambda 63, mu 1136. On this epigram, Niconoe's tribute to Priapus for her victory in a beauty competition, see Gow and Page (vol. I, 100); (vol. II, 289-290); and further excerpts at alpha 1539, theta 12, kappa 241, lambda 468, and pi 2936. On the purple dye produced from shellfish, see generally OCD(4) s.v. (1242-3) and Blümner (234). Niconoe's robes are evidently colored with the purple dye produced along the Laconian coast, surpassed in quality--as Pausanias explains (3.21.6, web address 1)--only by that from shellfish harvested from the Phoenician sea. Gow and Page observe (vol. II, 289) that goddesses normally preside over beauty competitions; that Niconoe would offer her dedication to Priapus (Priapos; cf. pi 2275, pi 2276, and pi 2277) suggests that she might be a hetaera (cf. epsilon 3265 and epsilon 3266).
References
A.S.F. Gow and D.L. Page, eds., The Greek Anthology: Hellenistic Epigrams, vol. I, (Cambridge 1965)
A.S.F. Gow and D.L. Page, eds., The Greek Anthology: Hellenistic Epigrams, vol. II, (Cambridge 1965)
H. Blümner, Technologie und Terminologie der Gewerbe und Künste bei Griechen und Römern, vol. I, (Leipzig, 1875)
A.S.F. Gow and D.L. Page, eds., The Greek Anthology: Hellenistic Epigrams, vol. II, (Cambridge 1965)
H. Blümner, Technologie und Terminologie der Gewerbe und Künste bei Griechen und Römern, vol. I, (Leipzig, 1875)
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Linked from4 entries
- α1358Ἁλουργιαῖονsea-madeMeaning [sc. something] sea-wrought [a(lourge/s]. Antiphanes [sc. uses the word].
- α1359Ἁλουργίςsea-robe[Meaning a] purple mantle. Since the rose [is] purple, Aristophanes introduced the halourgis for a wreath of roses. But a(lourgh/s ["sea-wrought"] [sc. is an adjective describing] clothing, [genitive] a(lourgou=s,…
- α1360Ἁλουργοπωλικήsea-wrought-sellingThe so-called purple-selling [porfuropwlikh/]. Thus Isaeus [sc. uses the term].
- α1539Ἀμβρόσιονambrosial[Meaning] divine or immortal or wondrous. Or undefiled, uncorrupted. "For the girl was some ambrosial child of Loves and Graces."
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Revision history13 revisions · last 14 Dec 2021
- further expanded n.2, added cross-references, added link — Ronald Allen
- expanded n.2, added bibliography, added cross-references, added keywords — Ronald Allen
- tweaked note — Catharine Roth
- — David Whitehead
- coding — Catharine Roth
- — David Whitehead
- augmented notes and keywords — David Whitehead
- augmented headword translation — Catharine Roth
- cosmetics — Catharine Roth
- augmented note — David Whitehead
- added note and keyword; cosmetics — David Whitehead
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- Translated — Jennifer Benedict