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Ἀκήλητον · inexorable (α 864) · 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

Near α864

α860uncared-for, uncaring
α861took no heed of
α862disregard, weariness
α863I have heard
α864inexorable
α865spotless
α866cures
α867in silence
α868unmixed

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Ἀκήλητον

inexorable

Translated by Jennifer Benedict6 Nov 2000Vetting: high6 revisions

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1 note · 26 words

Translation

[Meaning one who/which is] implacable, harsh.¹
In the Epigrams about Orpheus: "who even charmed with his lyre the heavy intent and inexorable wrath of cruel Klymenos."²

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἀκήλητον· ἄθελκτον, ἀπηνῆ. ἐν Ἐπιγράμμασι περὶ Ὀρφέως· ὃς καὶ ἀμειλίκτοιο βαρὺ Κλυμένοιο νόημα καὶ τὸν ἀκήλητον θυμὸν ἔθελξε λύρᾳ.

Betacode

*)akh/lhton: a)/qelkton, a)phnh=. e)n *)epigra/mmasi peri\ *)orfe/ws: o(\s kai\ a)meili/ktoio baru\ *klume/noio no/hma kai\ to\n a)kh/lhton qumo\n e)/qelce lu/ra|.

Notes (1)

[1] Similarly already in Hesychius alpha2370. The headword, masculine accusative singular of this adjective (as the Suda's second gloss, not in Hesychius, shows), is evidently quoted from somewhere; perhaps, though not demonstrably, the epigram quoted. For the glossing cf. also the scholia to Homer, Odyssey 10.329, where a)kh/lhtos occurs.
2Greek Anthology 7.9.7-8 (Damagetus, Damagetos), on the tomb of Orpheus; cf. kappa 1843, where this quotation reappears; Gow and Page, vol. I (77) and vol. II (224-225); and further excerpts from this epigram at alpha 3117, alpha 3204, and pi 2515. Klymenos ("Renowned") is a euphemistic epithet for Hades, whom Orpheus persuaded to release Eurydice.

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)

Linked from2 entries

α3117ἈπειθῶI disobey[Used] with a dative. [Spelled] with a diphthong [ei]. But a)piqw= [is] perispomenon, as in "whom oak trees did not disobey, whom the lifeless rock followed."
α3204Ἀπίθανονunbelievable, unconvincing[Meaning] untrustworthy. Also [sc. attested is the related verb] a)pi/qhsan ["they disobeyed"] [spelled] with iota, from the [verb] piqw= [which is] perispomenon. "Whom oak trees did not disobey, and the lifeless rock…

Neighbouring entries

α862Ἀκηδίαdisregard, weariness α863ἈκήκοαI have heard α864Ἀκήλητονinexorable α865Ἀκηλίδωτονspotless α866Ἀκήματαcures

Revision history6 revisions · last 23 Jan 2019

23 Jan 2019expanded n.2, added bibliography, added cross-references — Ronald Allen
11 May 2015Revised — David Whitehead
28 Jan 2012coding — Catharine Roth
24 Jan 2012augmented notes and keywords; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
15 Jun 2001Revised — David Whitehead
15 Jun 2001augmented notes; added keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
6 Nov 2000Translated — Jennifer Benedict

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Ἀκήλητον (Adler number alpha 864), trans. Jennifer Benedict, 6 Nov 2000. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/alpha/864

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