Ἄεικες
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Translated by Jennifer Benedict19 Mar 2001Vetting: high12 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἄεικες· τὸ ἀνόμοιον· Ἀεικὲς δὲ τὸ ἀπρεπές. ἐν Ἐπιγράμμασι· οὔ τοι ἀεικές. καὶ αὖθις· εἰς ἄτας ἐμπίπτεις οὕτως ἀεικῶς.
Betacode
*)/aeikes: to\ a)no/moion: *)aeike\s de\ to\ a)prepe/s. e)n *)epigra/mmasi: ou)/ toi a)eike/s. kai\ au)=qis: ei)s a)/tas e)mpi/pteis ou(/tws a)eikw=s.
Notes (3)
- [1] Neuter nominative/accusative singular, with the same or similar glossing in other lexica and grammars; evidently quoted from somewhere.↩
- 2cf. alpha 622, alpha 623, alpha 624. ↩
- 3Greek Anthology 6.115.7 (generally attributed to Antipater of Sidon), on the horns and hide of a bull killed by Philip of Macedon; cf. Gow and Page (vol. I, 27); (vol. II, 71-73); and further excerpts from this epigram at alpha 1542, beta 529, delta 361, epsilon 2968, mu 580, and omicron 501. The hunter is generally identified as Philip V of Macedon (238-179 BCE; cf. phi 355 and OCD4 s.v. Philip(3)); cf. Gow and Page (vol. II, 72).
Also see Homer, Iliad 9.70 (web address 1 below) where a very similar phrase (ou)de\n a)eike/s ) is used in a Homer-inspired herm epigram dedicated by Kimon in Athens after his victory, c.476 BCE, at Eion (Aeschines 3.185; Plutarch, Kimon 7). Eion is at the mouth of the River Strymon, where it empties into the Aegean Sea from Thrace (Barrington Atlas map 51 grid B3). ↩- 4Sophocles, Electra 215-6 (web address 2 below).
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
- Web address 2 perseus.tufts.edu
Linked from6 entries
- α620Ἀεικέλιοςunseemly, shameful, contemptible[Meaning] he who/that which is easily-despised.
- α622Ἀεικέστεροςmore indecorous, rather indecorous[Meaning] more/rather unsuitable.
- α623Ἀείκειαindecorousness[Meaning] unsuitability.
- α1542Ἀμαιμακέτουirresistible, stubborn[Meaning] inexhaustible. In the Epigrams: "he dedicated the horns not torn apart, the support of a stubborn head."
- β529Βρέγμαforehead[Meaning] the upper part of the face. "Striking the forehead with a hunter's goat-hide whip." In the Epigrams.
- δ361Δείραridges (?)Also [sc. attested is] deirades, the rough places of mountains. "Fearing lest concerning everything [...] he determined to abandon the territory." And again: "[Philip slew] the bull that earlier lowed on the ridges of…
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