Ἀμησάμενος
having shovelled up
Translated by Jennifer Benedict3 Aug 2000Vetting: high10 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἀμησάμενος· ἀνορύξας. ὁ δὲ τὸ χῶμα σείσας καὶ τὴν γῆν ἀμησάμενος ἐζήτει τὸν νεκρόν. καὶ ἀντὶ τοῦ ταῖς χερσὶ σωρεύσας. πολλὰ τιθηνητὴρ ὀλοφύρατο, χερσὶν ἀμήσας ἀνδρομάχοιο δνοφερὰν κρατὸς ὕπερθε κόνιν.
Betacode
*)amhsa/menos: a)noru/cas. o( de\ to\ xw=ma sei/sas kai\ th\n gh=n a)mhsa/menos e)zh/tei to\n nekro/n. kai\ a)nti\ tou= tai=s xersi\ swreu/sas. polla\ tiqhnhth\r o)lofu/rato, xersi\n a)mh/sas a)ndroma/xoio dnofera\n krato\s u(/perqe ko/nin.
Notes (2)
- [1] The headword is masculine nominative singular, aorist middle participle, of LSJ's↩
a)ma/w (A) (cf. alpha 1579, and more generally alpha 1574, and delta 654). Perhaps, though not demonstrably, extracted from the first quotation given. (Ostensibly, the headword occurs also in Homer, Odyssey 9.247, but there it is from the LSJ'sa)ma/w (B); cf. Hesychius alpha3640.)- 2Quotation (transmitted, in Adler's view, via the Excerpta Constantini Porphyrogeniti) unidentifiable. (Adler suggested Aelian, on no discernible basis.) ↩
- 3Greek Anthology 7.241.3-4 (Antipater of Sidon); an elegy on a young Ptolemaic prince who perished in an epidemic; cf. Gow and Page (vol. I, 20) and (vol. II, 54-5). See further extracts from this epigram at delta 102, delta 1316, epsilon 9, theta 525, tau 454, and tau 573. The prince's identity remains uncertain, but Gow and Page (vol. II, 54) find Laqueur's (148) arguments for Eupator, son of Ptolemy Philometor (reigned 180-ca.145 BCE) and Chichorius, to be very strong.
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)
R. Laqueur, 'Ein Epigram des Antipatros von Sidon,' Hermes, 44 (1909) 146-150
A.S.F. Gow and D.L. Page, eds., The Greek Anthology: Hellenistic Epigrams, vol. II, (Cambridge, 1965)
R. Laqueur, 'Ein Epigram des Antipatros von Sidon,' Hermes, 44 (1909) 146-150
Linked from4 entries
- α1579Ἀμήσαντεςhaving reapedMeaning [they] not having cut off. Also [sc. attested is] a)mh/santi, [in the sense of] having harvested. In the Epigrams: "never having harvested a Corinthian [harvest], never having tasted bitter poverty."
- δ102Δάψατοtore"Great Egypt tore her hair."
- δ654Διαμησάμενοςhaving cut through[Meaning he] having dug through. "For having cut through all the sand under the skirts of Olympus, he found much drinkable water". And elsewhere: "having cut through the snow on it [...] he finished building up the edge…
- δ1316Δνοφερόνdark, murky[Meaning something] black, shadowy. "He lamented pouring dark dust on his head with his man-slaying hands."
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Revision history10 revisions · last 8 Oct 2020
- typo and coding n.2; expanded n.3, added bibliography, added cross-references, added keywords — Ronald Allen
- augmented notes and keywords — David Whitehead
- another x-ref; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Revised — David Whitehead
- x-refs; tweaks — David Whitehead
- Revised — David Whitehead
- augmented notes and keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Revised — David Whitehead
- added note and keyword — Catharine Roth
- modified headword and translation; added note and keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Jennifer Benedict