Ἄμμων
Ammon
Translated by Malcolm Heath7 Jul 1999Vetting: high6 revisions
Translation
Name of a Greek1 god.
Aristophanes in Birds [writes]: "we are your Ammon, Delphi, Dodona, Phoebus Apollo; for you come to the birds first before starting your work."2
Aristophanes in Birds [writes]: "we are your Ammon, Delphi, Dodona, Phoebus Apollo; for you come to the birds first before starting your work."2
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἄμμων· ὄνομα θεοῦ Ἑλληνικοῦ. Ἀριστοφάνης Ὄρνισιν· ἐσμὲν δ' ὑμῖν Ἄμμων, Δελφοί, Δωδώνη, Φοῖβος Ἀπόλλων· ἐλθόντες γὰρ πρῶτον ἐς ὄρνις οὕτω πρὸς ἔργα τράπεσθε.
Betacode
*)/ammwn: o)/noma qeou= *(ellhnikou=. *)aristofa/nhs *)/ornisin: e)sme\n d' u(mi=n *)/ammwn, *delfoi/, *dwdw/nh, *foi=bos *)apo/llwn: e)lqo/ntes ga\r prw=ton e)s o)/rnis ou(/tw pro\s e)/rga tra/pesqe.
Notes (2)
- OCD(4) s.v. (pp.71-2).
- 1Or, "pagan"; cf. in any event at pi 147. ↩
- 2Aristophanes, Birds 716-7. ↩
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Revision history6 revisions · last 30 Jul 2014
- updated a ref — David Whitehead
- x-ref — David Whitehead
- more keywords; raised status — David Whitehead
- added note — Catharine Roth
- cosmetics — Catharine Roth
- modified headword; added bibliography and keyword; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Malcolm Heath