Ἄγανον
firewood, broken; good, gentle
Translated by William Hutton · 28 Mar 2000 · Vetting: high · 8 revisions
Translation
With proparoxytone accent1 [this means] wood that has been cut up.
Or brushwood and [wood that is] ready to be cut up.2
But some [sc. define it as wood] which is not chopped.
But with the oxytone3 it means fine. Or good or kindly, though some [say] immortal. Whence also [comes the term]a)ganofrosu/nh ["kindly-mindedness"].
Also [sc. attested is the verb]a)ganou=men ["we will make nice"],4 meaning we will beautify.
And elsewhere: "however gentle you might pass into the Athenian book of death, you would always have your tresses well-garlanded."5
Or brushwood and [wood that is] ready to be cut up.2
But some [sc. define it as wood] which is not chopped.
But with the oxytone3 it means fine. Or good or kindly, though some [say] immortal. Whence also [comes the term]
Also [sc. attested is the verb]
And elsewhere: "however gentle you might pass into the Athenian book of death, you would always have your tresses well-garlanded."5
Greek original
Ἄγανον· προπαροξυτόνως τὸ κατεαγὸς ξύλον. ἢ τὸ φρυγανῶδες καὶ ἕτοιμον πρὸς τὸ κατεαγῆναι. οἱ δὲ τὸ ἀπελέκητον. Ἀγανὸν δὲ ὀξυτόνως καλόν. ἢ ἀγαθὸν ἢ ἱλαρὸν, οἱ δὲ ἀθάνατον. ἔνθεν καὶ ἀγανοφροσύνη. καὶ Ἀγανοῦμεν, ἀντὶ τοῦ κοσμήσομεν. καὶ αὖθις· ὡς ἄν τοι ῥείῃ μὲν ἀγανὸς Ἀτθίδι δέλτῳ κηρὸς, ὑπὸ στεφάνοις δ' αἰὲν ἔχοις πλοκάμους.
Betacode
*)/aganon: proparocuto/nws to\ kateago\s cu/lon. h)\ to\ fruganw=des kai\ e(/toimon pro\s to\ kateagh=nai. oi( de\ to\ a)pele/khton. *)agano\n de\ o)cuto/nws kalo/n. h)\ a)gaqo\n h)\ i(laro\n, oi( de\ a)qa/naton. e)/nqen kai\ a)ganofrosu/nh. kai\ *)aganou=men, a)nti\ tou= kosmh/somen. kai\ au)=qis: w(s a)/n toi r(ei/h| me\n a)gano\s *)atqi/di de/ltw| khro\s, u(po\ stefa/nois d' ai)e\n e)/xois ploka/mous.
Notes (5)
- cf. generally alpha 146, alpha 147, alpha 148, alpha 149.↩
- 1i.e.
a)/ganos (here in the neuter). ↩- 2Addendum lacking in mss ASM. ↩
- 3i.e.
a)gano/s (again, here in the neuter). ↩- 4Attested only here, but cf. the scholia to Aristophanes, Peace 398 (where
a)galou=men occurs). ↩- 5Greek Anthology 7.36.5 (Erucius), on the tomb of Sophocles; cf. Gow and Page (252-253), alpha 1421, beta 453, and sigma 569.
- 1i.e.
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)
Linked from (5)
Neighbours in Adler order
Revisions (8)
- Catharine Rothtweaked notes
- Ronald Allenexpanded n.5, added bibliography, added cross-references, added keyword
- David Whiteheadaugmented notes; tweaks
- David Whiteheadaugmented n.4; more keywords; tweaks and cosmetics
- Jennifer Benedicttags
- David Whiteheadadded note and keywords; cosmetics
- William Huttontranslated