Ἀγρεσία
hunting
Translated by Anne Mahoney · 28 Aug 1998 · Vetting: high · 7 revisions
Translation
[Another word for] the hunt.
In the Epigrams: "the three kinsmen dedicated these nets, o rural Pan, each from a different hunting."1
In the Epigrams: "the three kinsmen dedicated these nets, o rural Pan, each from a different hunting."1
Greek original
Ἀγρεσία· ἡ ἄγρα. ἐν Ἐπιγράμμασι· οἱ τρισσοί τοι ταῦτα τὰ δίκτυα θῆκαν ὅμαιμοι, ἀγρότα Πὰν, ἄλλης ἄλλος ἀπ' ἀγρεσίης.
Betacode
*)agresi/a: h( a)/gra. e)n *)epigra/mmasi: oi( trissoi/ toi tau=ta ta\ di/ktua qh=kan o(/maimoi, a)gro/ta *pa\n, a)/llhs a)/llos a)p' a)gresi/hs.
Notes (1)
- The headword is a feminine noun in the nominative and vocative singular; cf LSJ s.v. (web address 1). The Ionic and epic form of its genitive singular appears in the following quotation.↩
- 1Greek Anthology 6.13.1-2 (Leonidas of Tarentum), again at alpha 369 and (in part) at omicron 234; a fowler, a hunter, and a fisherman dedicate nets to Pan; cf. Gow and Page, vol. I (122) and vol. II (356).
References
A.S.F. Gow and D.L. Page, eds., The Greek Anthology: Hellenistic Epigrams, vol. I, (Cambridge 1965)
A.S.F. Gow and D.L. Page, eds., The Greek Anthology: Hellenistic Epigrams, vol. II, (Cambridge 1965)
A.S.F. Gow and D.L. Page, eds., The Greek Anthology: Hellenistic Epigrams, vol. II, (Cambridge 1965)
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Linked from (1)
Neighbours in Adler order
Revisions (7)
- Ronald Allenadded primary note, expanded n.1, added bibliography, added keyword, added link
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- David Whitehead
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