Ἄκρατος
unmixed
Translated by Oliver Phillips ✝22 Jun 2000Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἄκρατος· Ξενοφῶν· πάνυ δὲ ἦν ὁ οἶνος ἄκρατος, εἰ μή τις ὕδωρ ἐπιχέοι. καὶ αὖθις· ἡ τρὶς ἐφεξῆς εἰδυῖα ἀκρήτου χειλοποτεῖν κύλικα.
Betacode
*)/akratos: *cenofw=n: pa/nu de\ h)=n o( oi)=nos a)/kratos, ei) mh/ tis u(/dwr e)pixe/oi. kai\ au)=qis: h( tri\s e)fech=s ei)dui=a a)krh/tou xeilopotei=n ku/lika.
Notes (2)
- cf. generally alpha 960, alpha 962, alpha 966.
- 1Xenophon, Anabasis 4.5.27 (web address 1); cf. mu 1381. ↩
- 2Greek Anthology 7.223.3-4.(Thyillus), an epitaph for a votary of Kybele; cf. Page (96-98). As Page notes (97), here both the Anthologia Palatina and the Anthologia Planudea transmit
ku/likas (thus, "three cups"); however, Page follows (ibid.) the Suda in reading the accusative singular ("sipping the same cup thrice"). On the Phrygian goddess Kybele, see kappa 2586. ↩
References
D.L. Page, ed., Further Greek Epigrams, (Cambridge 1981)
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Linked from2 entries
- α833Ἀκέραιονunblemished[Meaning] free from evil, whole, pure. It indicates also the man without blemishes.
- α963Ἄκρατονuntempered[Meaning] clear, pure. "A story comes from the Macedonians, which says that an eagle wandering along and stretching out its wings warded off from him both the untempered ray of the sun by hovering over him and, when it…
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Revision history5 revisions · last 27 Jun 2023
- expanded n.2, added bibliography, added cross-reference, added keyword — Ronald Allen
- coding — Catharine Roth
- changed link — Catharine Roth
- more x-refs; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- added keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Oliver Phillips ✝