Ἅλοιτο
might spring
Translated by Jennifer Benedict8 Jun 2000Vetting: high7 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἅλοιτο· κινοῖτο, ὁρμῷτο. αἰεί τοι λιπαρῷ ἐπὶ σήματι, δῖε Σοφόκλεις, σκηνίτης μαλακοὺς κισσὸς ἅλοιτο πόδας.
Betacode
*(/aloito: kinoi=to, o(rmw=|to. ai)ei/ toi liparw=| e)pi\ sh/mati, di=e *sofo/kleis, skhni/ths malakou\s kisso\s a(/loito po/das.
Notes (1)
- The headword is aorist optative, third person singular, of↩
a(/llomai (cf. alpha 1326, alpha 1380). Perhaps extracted from the quotation given. but see next note. (Other possibilities in Xenophon, Theocritus, etc.)- 1A version (again at sigma 569) of Greek Anthology 7.36.1-2 which has the headword
a(/loito rather thana)/roito . On this epigram, an epitaph for Sophocles, see Gow and Page vol. I (252-253), vol. II (286), and its further extracts at alpha 145 and beta 453. - 1A version (again at sigma 569) of Greek Anthology 7.36.1-2 which has the headword
References
A.S.F. Gow and D.L. Page, eds., The Greek Anthology: The Garland of Philip and Some Contemporary Epigrams, vol. I, (Cambridge, 1968)
A.S.F. Gow and D.L. Page, eds., The Greek Anthology: The Garland of Philip and Some Contemporary Epigrams, vol. II, (Cambridge, 1968)
A.S.F. Gow and D.L. Page, eds., The Greek Anthology: The Garland of Philip and Some Contemporary Epigrams, vol. II, (Cambridge, 1968)
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Revision history7 revisions · last 26 Oct 2022
- expanded n.1, added bibliography, added cross-references — Ronald Allen
- Revised — David Whitehead
- coding — Catharine Roth
- augmented notes and keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- another keyword; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- augmented note — David Whitehead
- augmented note, added keywords, cosmetics — Catharine Roth
- Translated — Jennifer Benedict