Ἀμφιανακτίζειν
to sing (dithyrambic) hymns
Translated by Jennifer Benedict11 Aug 2000Vetting: high7 revisions
Translation
The [verb that means] to make preludes. [sc. The term arises] because this is how preludes are made. Periander [writes]: "again my lord [is] by me."1 And Aristophanes in Clouds [writes]: "Phoebus, again [be] by me, Delian lord."2 They also used to call the writers of dithyrambs amphianaktes; for those men constantly used this expression.