Ἀνάπαυλαν
rest
Translated by Jennifer Benedict12 May 2001Vetting: high15 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] repose.1
Repose [is] the life to come.2
"[Mebod] with other most worthy men providing a respite from the war."3
Menander [writes]: "for thus the greatest leader of the Huns came upon his rest."4 That is, he died.
Also [sc. attested is the accusative plural]a)napau/las ["rests"], [meaning] sendings to the dead. "Who is [bound] for rests from evils and troubles?"5 Charon [Author, Myth] announces [this], and lists as destinations. "Who is for the Plain of Oblivion?" The Plain of Oblivion is a place of this name that he has imagined in Hades; as also the Withering Stone.6 "Who is for Ass Shearings?" Thus they call what is useless; for not even the shearings of the ass have a use. In reference to endless things.
Repose [is] the life to come.2
"[Mebod] with other most worthy men providing a respite from the war."3
Menander [writes]: "for thus the greatest leader of the Huns came upon his rest."4 That is, he died.
Also [sc. attested is the accusative plural]