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Ἀθέμιστα · lawless [things] (α 714) · Suda

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Α Β Γ Δ Ε Ζ Η Θ Ι Κ Λ Μ Ν Ξ Ο Π Ρ Σ Τ Υ Φ Χ Ψ Ω

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α710if only, would that
α711unobserved
α712godlessly
α713athelimnos
α714lawless [things]
α715lawless
α716godless, sacrilegious
α717unobservedly
α718neglect

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Ἀθέμιστα

lawless [things]

Translated by Jennifer Benedict15 Feb 2000Vetting: high6 revisions

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3 notes · 35 words

Translation

[Meaning] unjust [ones].¹
Also [sc. attested is the masculine nominative singular] a)qe/mistos, [meaning] unlawful.²
Also said is a)/qesmos, [meaning] illegal.
"Piasos the Thessalian loved Larissa, his own daughter -- a love both illegal and unfortunate".³

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἀθέμιστα· ἄδικα. καὶ Ἀθέμιστος, ἄνομος. λέγεται δὲ καὶ Ἄθεσμος, ὁ παράνομος. ἠράσθη Πίασος Θετταλὸς Λαρίσσης τῆς ἑαυτοῦ θυγατρὸς ἔρωτα ἄθεσμόν τε καὶ δυστυχῆ.

Betacode

*)aqe/mista: a)/dika. kai\ *)aqe/mistos, a)/nomos. le/getai de\ kai\ *)/aqesmos, o( para/nomos. h)ra/sqh *pi/asos *qettalo\s *lari/sshs th=s e(autou= qugatro\s e)/rwta a)/qesmo/n te kai\ dustuxh=.

Notes (3)

See also alpha 715.
1Likewise or similarly in other lexica; references at Photius alpha455 Theodoridis. The headword, neuter plural, must be quoted from somewhere. ↩
2Likewise or similarly in other lexica; references at Photius alpha456 Theodoridis. ↩
3Aelian fr. 198 Domingo-Forasté, 195 Hercher (again at pi 1549). Strabo 13.3.4 provides more details: "it is at the Phryconian Larisa that Piasos is said to have been honoured; he, they say, was ruler of the Pelasgians and fell in love with his daughter Larisa, but when he had violated her he paid the penalty for the outrage: observing him leaning over a case of wine, they say, she seized him by the legs, raised him, and plunged him into the cask".

Neighbouring entries

α712Ἀθεείgodlessly α713Ἀθέλιμνοςathelimnos α714Ἀθέμισταlawless [things]α715Ἀθέμιτονlawless α716Ἄθεονgodless, sacrilegious

Revision history6 revisions · last 19 Aug 2013

19 Aug 2013Revised — David Whitehead
4 Feb 2012updated reference — Catharine Roth
19 Jan 2012augmented notes and keywords; betacoding and other cosmetics — David Whitehead
11 Nov 2005more keywords — David Whitehead
8 Jul 2004augmented note — David Whitehead
25 Jan 2001modified translation; added note and keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
15 Feb 2000Translated — Jennifer Benedict

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Ἀθέμιστα (Adler number alpha 714), trans. Jennifer Benedict, 15 Feb 2000. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/alpha/714

Translation by Jennifer Benedict for Suda On Line, revised by David Whitehead, Catharine Roth, licensed CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Shown unchanged, under the same licence, non-commercially. Original on SOL ↗