Ἅμιλλα
contest
Translated by Jennifer Benedict4 Aug 2000Vetting: high7 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] competition, rivalry, equalization.1
"And once, when these two boys were contending with each other, they stripped off for a contest of javelin-throwing, but then their enthusiasm got the better of them; and somehow the son of Argeas, contrary to the blow he intended, unfortunately struck his brother's chest and killed him."2
"And once, when these two boys were contending with each other, they stripped off for a contest of javelin-throwing, but then their enthusiasm got the better of them; and somehow the son of Argeas, contrary to the blow he intended, unfortunately struck his brother's chest and killed him."2
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἅμιλλα· ἀνταγώνισμα, φιλονεικία, ἐξίσωσις. καί ποτε ἀγῶνα ἐπιτελοῦντες τούτω τὼ μειρακίω, ἐς ἅμιλλαν ἀκοντίσεως ἀποδυσαμένω, εἶτα μέντοι τῆς σπουδῆς θερμότερον ὑπεπλήσθησαν· καί πως ὁ Ἀργέου υἱὸς ἀλλαχόσε βουλόμενος βαλεῖν τἀδελφοῦ δυστυχῶς τῶν στέρνων τυγχάνει καὶ ἀναιρεῖ αὐτόν.
Betacode
*(/amilla: a)ntagw/nisma, filoneiki/a, e)ci/swsis. kai/ pote a)gw=na e)pitelou=ntes tou/tw tw\ meiraki/w, e)s a(/millan a)konti/sews a)podusame/nw, ei)=ta me/ntoi th=s spoudh=s qermo/teron u(peplh/sqhsan: kai/ pws o( *)arge/ou ui(o\s a)llaxo/se boulo/menos balei=n ta)delfou= dustuxw=s tw=n ste/rnwn tugxa/nei kai\ a)nairei= au)to/n.
Notes (2)
- cf. generally alpha 1595, alpha 1597.↩
- 1Same or similar glossing in other lexica and several Euripidean scholia; references at Photius alpha1201 Theodoridis. (Latte on Hesychius s.v. makes the Euripides connection explicit by citing e.g. Hecuba 226.) ↩
- 2Aelian fr. 201 Domingo-Forasté (199 Hercher); again at alpha 3764.
Linked from4 entries
- α1595Ἁμιλλητήριονcontest-ground[Meaning a] place in which they have contests.
- α1597Ἁμιλλῶμαί σοιI vie with you[Meaning] I compete with you.
- α1964Ἀναμίλλητονundisputatious[Meaning] strife-averse.
- α3764Ἀργέου υἱόςArgeas' son"And somehow the son of Argeas, contrary to the blow he intended, unfortunately struck his brother's chest [with his spear] and killed him." "Many other sins were committed by Theramenes, the teacher of Isocrates, but…
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Revision history7 revisions · last 16 Jun 2015
- — David Whitehead
- expanded n.1; more keywords — David Whitehead
- more notes; another keyword — David Whitehead
- updated reference, added keyword — Catharine Roth
- modified translation; added note and keywords — David Whitehead
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- Translated — Jennifer Benedict