Αὐλός
aulos, pipe
Translated by William Hutton23 Mar 2002Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Αὐλός· ὁ εἰς εὐθὺ ἐξακοντισμὸς τοῦ αἵματος. καὶ περόνης μέτρον. καὶ μουσικῆς τι ὄργανον. καὶ Αὐλός, ὁ ἐπιμήκης φυσητήρ. ἐν Ἐπιγράμμασι· καὶ αὖθις· αὐλὸν καμινευτῆρα τὸν φιλήνεμον.
Betacode
*au)lo/s: o( ei)s eu)qu\ e)cakontismo\s tou= ai(/matos. kai\ pero/nhs me/tron. kai\ mousikh=s ti o)/rganon. kai\ *au)lo/s, o( e)pimh/khs fushth/r. e)n *)epigra/mmasi: kai\ au)=qis: au)lo\n kamineuth=ra to\n filh/nemon.
Notes (4)
- 1cf. the scholia to Homer, Iliad 17.297, Odyssey 22.19; and see pi 1361. ↩
- 2Conventionally translated as "flute", but only, nowadays, by those with a woeful ignorance of musical instruments; actually more like an oboe. See generally M.L. West, Ancient Greek Music (Oxford 1992) 81-109. ↩
- 3Adler notes (but does not follow) Kuster's deletion of the words "and again". ↩
- 4Greek Anthology 6.92.1 (Philip), the goldsmith Demophon dedicates his tools to Hermes, the patron of smiths; cf. phi 330. Also see Gow and Page (vol. I, 304-307), (vol. II, 339), and a further excerpt from the same epigram at rho 169. ↩
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)
Linked from8 entries
- α4448ΑὐλῶI play the pipe[Used] with a dative.
- β371ΒομβάλβιοιbumblersMeaning pipers [aulêtai]. But bombulios ["bumbler"] with the addition of an alpha was said bombaulios, [someone] playing on the pipe.
- δ708Διὰ πολλοῦ χρόνουthrough much time"For the old man, as he drank through much time and listened to the pipe, very delighted by the thing, never stops dancing the night away to those old songs with which Thespis used to compete" .
- ε774Ἔλεγοςelegy[Meaning] a lament. [The term arises] from saying "e e". Or the laments sung to [sc. the accompaniment of] a pipe [aulos]; for the aulos is considered mournful. Or because the laments, that is the elegies, were sung to…
- κ517Κατὰ δάκτυλονby a dactyl['By a dactyl' is] an arithmetical or geometrical kind [of term] or [a kind of] rhythm, and of beat/stroke; pipe-players use it before the nomos.
- μ230ΜαρσύαςMarsyasIn the days of the Jewish Judges Marsyas too was a wise man, who discovered through music pipes of reeds and bronze. Deranged, he threw himself into a river and perished; and the river was named Marsyas. The story is…
- μ364Μεγαλοδωρίαmunificence"He operated with so much munificence and sagacity that he was neither seen when being looked for, nor found when being sought, nor captured when defeated." "When someone had set about blowing [sc. the aulos] loudly,…
- μ1299Μουσικάmusical [things][Meaning] delightful [ones]. The [sounds made] through pipes and a kinnor and similar things. [Note] that Amphion [was] the inventor of ancient music. Also search concerning him in the 'Amphion' [entry].
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Revision history5 revisions · last 2 Mar 2021
- expanded n.4, added bibliography, added cross-reference, added keyword — Ronald Allen
- coding and other cosmetics — David Whitehead
- another note; more keywords; tweaking — David Whitehead
- tweaked translation; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- added notes; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — William Hutton