Ἀνάπηρον ψυχήν
crippled soul, mutilated soul
Translated by Jennifer Benedict12 Oct 2000Vetting: high14 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] one that is hurt, not healthy, but injured and wasted.1
Also [sc. attested is]a)na/phros ["cripple"], [meaning] one who is lame.
One who is excessively maimed in a limb of his body. Lysias in the [speech] On the obol given to invalids [writes]: "and what prevents [...] you helping yourselves to [my] obol, on the basis that I am healthy, and voting to give it to this man on the basis that he is a cripple?"2
"The captive was brought along into the midst [sc. of the dining area], nose and ears mutilated, and having become the victim of jests."3
Also [sc. attested is]
One who is excessively maimed in a limb of his body. Lysias in the [speech] On the obol given to invalids [writes]: "and what prevents [...] you helping yourselves to [my] obol, on the basis that I am healthy, and voting to give it to this man on the basis that he is a cripple?"2
"The captive was brought along into the midst [sc. of the dining area], nose and ears mutilated, and having become the victim of jests."3
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἀνάπηρον ψυχήν· τὴν ἐπιβλαβῆ, μὴ ὑγιαίνουσαν, ἀλλὰ σεσινωμένην καὶ ἀχρείαν. καὶ Ἀνάπηρος, ὁ χωλός. ὁ καθ' ὑπερβολὴν πεπηρωμένος μέλει τινὶ τοῦ σώματος. Λυσίας ἐν τῷ περὶ τοῦ διδομένου τοῖς ἀδυνάτοις ὀβολοῦ· καὶ τί κωλύει ὑμᾶς μὲν ὠφελεῖσθαι τῷ ὀβολῷ, ὡς ὑγιεῖς ὄντας, τούτῳ δὲ ψηφίσασθαι ἐάσαντας ὡς ἀναπήρῳ; ὁ δὲ δέσμιος ἐς μέσον παραγίνεται ῥῖνα καὶ ὦτα ἀνάπηρος, παιγνίων τε γεγονὼς παρανάλωμα.
Betacode
*)ana/phron yuxh/n: th\n e)piblabh=, mh\ u(giai/nousan, a)lla\ sesinwme/nhn kai\ a)xrei/an. kai\ *)ana/phros, o( xwlo/s. o( kaq' u(perbolh\n pephrwme/nos me/lei tini\ tou= sw/matos. *lusi/as e)n tw=| peri\ tou= didome/nou toi=s a)duna/tois o)bolou=: kai\ ti/ kwlu/ei u(ma=s me\n w)felei=sqai tw=| o)bolw=|, w(s u(giei=s o)/ntas, tou/tw| de\ yhfi/sasqai e)a/santas w(s a)naph/rw|; o( de\ de/smios e)s me/son paragi/netai r(i=na kai\ w)=ta a)na/phros, paigni/wn te gegonw\s parana/lwma.
Notes (3)
- cf. generally alpha 2014.↩
- 1Likewise in Photius; from ancient comment on Plato, Republic 535D, where the headword phrase appears (web address 1). ↩
- 2Lysias 24.13 (web address 2), abridged. ↩
- 3Theophylact Simocatta, Histories 5.5.8, on Chosroes II celebrating the capture of Bryzakios and the victory over his forces by having the Persian officer killed at a banquet (spring/summer of 591); cf. de Boor (197-198), Whitby (139), and delta 125. On Chosroes, Persian king 590-628, see PLRE IIIa s.v. Chosroes II Parwez. On Bryzakios, one of the Persian rebel Bahram Chobin's generals, see PLRE IIIa s.v. Bryzacius. On Bahram (Baram), see beta 103, kappa 1128 note, and kappa 2025 note. Here the Suda transmits
paragi/netai (third person singular, present indicative middle-passive form ofparagi/gnomai , I come to, I am beside) whereas Theophylact's text readspara/getai (third person singular, present indicative middle-passive form ofpara/gw , I bring forward).
References
Robert Garland, In The Eye of the Beholder: deformity and disability in the Graeco-Roman world, (London 1995)
C. de Boor, ed., Theophylacti Simocattae Historiae, (Leipzig 1887, reprint 2022)
M. Whitby and M. Whitby, eds. and trans., The History of Theophylact Simocatta, (Oxford 1986)
J.R. Martindale, The Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire, vol. IIIa, (Cambridge, 1992)
C. de Boor, ed., Theophylacti Simocattae Historiae, (Leipzig 1887, reprint 2022)
M. Whitby and M. Whitby, eds. and trans., The History of Theophylact Simocatta, (Oxford 1986)
J.R. Martindale, The Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire, vol. IIIa, (Cambridge, 1992)
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
- Web address 2 perseus.tufts.edu
Linked from4 entries
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- α3373Ἀπόκοιτοςsleeping away, far from[Meaning] far from the bed [koi/th]. "But on his assumption [of safety], resting free from any timidity, he was spending the night in revelry."
- δ125Δαιταλεῖςfeasters[Meaning] banqueters and club-members and symposiasts and those such as feast together. Thus Aristophanes [uses this word]. "The king granted an after-dinner entertainment to the feasters as if it were something…
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Revision history14 revisions · last 6 Feb 2025
- added cross-reference n.3 — Ronald Allen
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- tweaked translation after discussion with Catharine Roth — Ronald Allen
- expanded n.3, added to bibliography, added cross-references and keyword — Ronald Allen
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