Ἄνδιχα
in twain
Translated by Jennifer Benedict27 Oct 2000Vetting: high12 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] two ways.1 Homer [writes]: "either to destroy everything or divide it in twain".2 Note that those under siege confounded the enemy, by dividing their goods amongst themselves.3
Also meaning without.
"May you be, Anacreon, [... when] among the blessed dead, neither without your revels, nor a lyre."4
Also meaning without.
"May you be, Anacreon, [... when] among the blessed dead, neither without your revels, nor a lyre."4
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἄνδιχα· διχῶς. Ὅμηρος· ἠὲ διαπραθέειν, ἢ ἄνδιχα πάντα δάσασθαι. ἰστέον, ὅτι οἱ πολιορκούμενοι ἐξίστασαν τοὺς πολεμίους, ἐπιμεριζόμενοι τὰ χρήματα. καὶ ἀντὶ τοῦ χωρίς. εἴης ἐν μακάρεσσιν, Ἀνάκρεον, μήτ' ἄρα τῶν κώμων ἄνδιχα, μήτε λύρης.
Betacode
*)/andixa: dixw=s. *(/omhros: h)e\ diapraqe/ein, h)\ a)/ndixa pa/nta da/sasqai. i)ste/on, o(/ti oi( poliorkou/menoi e)ci/stasan tou\s polemi/ous, e)pimerizo/menoi ta\ xrh/mata. kai\ a)nti\ tou= xwri/s. ei)/hs e)n maka/ressin, *)ana/kreon, mh/t' a)/ra tw=n kw/mwn a)/ndixa, mh/te lu/rhs.
Notes (3)
- [1] From the scholia to Homer, Iliad 16.578, where the headword occurs.↩
- 2Homer, Iliad 18.511 (web address 1 below); see further, next note. ↩
- 3From a scholion on the line, which calls this an 'ancient custom'. ↩
- 4Greek Anthology 7.27.1-2 (Antipater of Sidon): here abridged, and with
a)/ra tw=n for the epigram'se)ratw=n 'beloved' revels (see Gow and Page (vol. I, 16)); cf. iota 492 and further excerpts from the epigram at alpha 1708, alphaiota 159, and sigma 1129.
References
A.S.F. Gow and D.L. Page, The Greek Anthology: Hellenistic Epigrams, vol. I, (Cambridge, 1965)
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Linked from3 entries
- α1708Ἀμφίβροχοςdrenched, sodden[Meaning one who is] thoroughly steeped, that is drunk. "Spouting sweet wine, drenched [as to his] garments in Bacchus".
- αι159ΑἰθύσσωI stir upThe [verb that means] I heat up, I stretch out. "Nor by the gleamings of the blossom-eyed Early-born-one do you stir along the tips of your warming wings." Also [sc. attested is the present participle] ai)qu/sswn…
- δ1300Διχῆseparate[Meaning] separately.
Neighbouring entries
Revision history12 revisions · last 10 Dec 2020
- my punctuation error n.4 — Ronald Allen
- expanded n.4, added bibliography, added cross-references — Ronald Allen
- tweaked note — Catharine Roth
- — David Whitehead
- coding — Catharine Roth
- tweaked n.3 — David Whitehead
- upgraded link — Catharine Roth
- tweaking — David Whitehead
- augmented notes and keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- modified translation — David Whitehead
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- Translated — Jennifer Benedict