Ἄειδε
sing!
Translated by Carl Widstrand20 Nov 1999Vetting: high7 revisions
Translation
[a)/eide means the same as] a)|de , [i.e.] speak!
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἄειδε· ᾆδε, λέγε.
Betacode
*)/aeide: a)=|de, le/ge.
Notes
- From the scholia to the famous opening line of Homer, Iliad: "sing, goddess, of the wrath of Peleus' son Achilles" (web address 1 below).
There, as elsewhere, the Homeric form of this imperative isa)/eide . The Attic contracted form isai)=de . In Attic tragedy, uncontracted forms of the verb occur (poetic archaism) as well as contracted forms.