Ἀνθρακιά
charcoals
Translated by Jennifer Benedict2 Jul 2000Vetting: high10 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] burned-up coals. Homer [writes]: "scattering the charcoals he set the spits on top."1
And in the Epigrams: "a mullet from the charcoals and a wrasse, Artemis of the harbour, I give to you."2
Also [sc. attested are] anthrakides ["charcoalies"], little grilled fish; and everything that has been grilled on charcoal is thus called.
Also [sc. attested is] anthrakion, a short tripod in Alexis.3
And in the Epigrams: "a mullet from the charcoals and a wrasse, Artemis of the harbour, I give to you."2
Also [sc. attested are] anthrakides ["charcoalies"], little grilled fish; and everything that has been grilled on charcoal is thus called.
Also [sc. attested is] anthrakion, a short tripod in Alexis.3
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἀνθρακιά· πεπυρακτωμένοι ἄνθρακες. Ὅμηρος· ἀνθρακιὴν στορέσας ὀβελοὺς ἐφύπερθε τάνυσσε. καὶ ἐν Ἐπιγράμμασι· τρῖγλαν ἀπ' ἀνθρακιῆς καὶ φυκίδα σοὶ λιμενῆτιν, Ἄρτεμι, δωρεῦμαι. καὶ Ἀνθρακίδες, λεπτοὶ ἰχθύες ὀπτοί· καὶ πάντα τὰ ἐπ' ἀνθράκων ὀπτώμενα οὕτω λέγονται. καὶ Ἀνθράκιον, βραχὺ τριποδίσκιον παρὰ Ἀλέξιδι.
Betacode
*)anqrakia/: pepuraktwme/noi a)/nqrakes. *(/omhros: a)nqrakih\n store/sas o)belou\s e)fu/perqe ta/nusse. kai\ e)n *)epigra/mmasi: tri=glan a)p' a)nqrakih=s kai\ fuki/da soi\ limenh=tin, *)/artemi, dwreu=mai. kai\ *)anqraki/des, leptoi\ i)xqu/es o)ptoi/: kai\ pa/nta ta\ e)p' a)nqra/kwn o)ptw/mena ou(/tw le/gontai. kai\ *)anqra/kion, braxu\ tripodi/skion para\ *)ale/cidi.
Notes (3)
- The headword is a feminine nominative singular (sic), glossed with a nominative plural. It might be generated by the first quotation given, which includes its epic accusative singular form; alternatively it is quoted here in its own right.↩
- 1Homer, Iliad 9.213 (web address 1). ↩
- 2Greek Anthology 6.105.1-2 (Apollonides); again at lambda 544, tau 962, phi 819. Contrary to all four passages, "of the harbour" does go with Artemis, as translated here, not the wrasse. The adjective is also spelled with iota,
limeni=tis . On this epigram, a fisherman's offerings to Artemis, see Gow and Page vol. I (126-127), vol. II (148-149), and further excerpts at alpha 4456 and zeta 164. ↩- 3Alexis fr. 134 Kock, now 139 K.-A.; cf. tau 1002.
References
A.S.F. Gow and D.L. Page, eds., The Greek Anthology: The Garland of Philip and Some Contemporary Epigrams, vol. I, (Cambridge, 1968)
A.S.F. Gow and D.L. Page, eds., The Greek Anthology: The Garland of Philip and Some Contemporary Epigrams, vol. II, (Cambridge, 1968)
A.S.F. Gow and D.L. Page, eds., The Greek Anthology: The Garland of Philip and Some Contemporary Epigrams, vol. II, (Cambridge, 1968)
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Linked from3 entries
- α2898Ἀπανθρακίζομενwe do our thorough charcoal-grillingMeaning we eat anthrakes. It is a type of fish, which they roast and eat. Or we eat roasted [dishes], or we fire up the charcoals.
- α3171Ἀπηνθράκιζενbegan to charbroil[Meaning he/she/it] began to grill/roast. For what is done out of [ = on] coals, is done well. Aristophanes [writes]: "[she] began to charbroil a whole ox."
- α4456Αὖονparched[Meaning something] dry. Hesiod [writes]: "to cut the parched from the green." Also in the Epigrams: "and breaking off a chunk of parched bread, the poor-man's sacrifice." And elsewhere: "to some extent he was parched…
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Revision history10 revisions · last 26 Jul 2022
- my typo n.2 — Ronald Allen
- tweak n.2 — Ronald Allen
- tweaked translation upon consultation with Managing Editor Catharine Roth — Ronald Allen
- expanded n.2, added bibliography, added cross-references, added keyword — Ronald Allen
- expanded note — Catharine Roth
- Revised — David Whitehead
- updated a ref — David Whitehead
- tweaked note, upgraded link — Catharine Roth
- augmented notes and keywords; betacode and other cosmetics — David Whitehead
- augmented notes and keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Jennifer Benedict