Βάκχος
Bakkhos, Bacchus
Translated by Catharine Roth · 17 Nov 2000 · Vetting: high · 8 revisions
Translation
Thus he1 used to call not only Dionysos, but also all those who celebrate the orgies; indeed the initiates do not also carry the branches. It is also a kind of wreath. "They wreathed the their heads with bacchic [flowers]."2
And the Pisidian [writes]: "it was possible to see many Bacchants willingly dancing the last dance."3
And the Pisidian [writes]: "it was possible to see many Bacchants willingly dancing the last dance."3
Greek original
Βάκχος· οὕτως οὐ μόνον τὸν Διόνυσον ἐκάλει, ἀλλὰ καὶ πάντας τοὺς τελοῦντας τὰ ὄργια· οὐ μὴν καὶ τοὺς κλάδους οἱ μύσται φέρουσιν. ἔστι δὲ καὶ στεφάνου εἶδος. Βάκχοισιν κεφαλὰς πολυανθέσιν ἐστέψαντο. καὶ Πισίδης· πολλοὺς δὲ Βάκχους ἦν ὁρᾶν ἀκουσίως τὴν ἐσχάτην ὄρχησιν ἐξορχουμένους.
Betacode
*ba/kxos: ou(/tws ou) mo/non to\n *dio/nuson e)ka/lei, a)lla\ kai\ pa/ntas tou\s telou=ntas ta\ o)/rgia: ou) mh\n kai\ tou\s kla/dous oi( mu/stai fe/rousin. e)/sti de\ kai\ stefa/nou ei)=dos. *ba/kxoisin kefala\s poluanqe/sin e)ste/yanto. kai\ *pisi/dhs: pollou\s de\ *ba/kxous h)=n o(ra=n a)kousi/ws th\n e)sxa/thn o)/rxhsin e)corxoume/nous.
Notes (2)
- [1] So the manuscripts followed by Adler; but others have the superior "they".↩
- 2Nicander [nu 374] fr. 130 Schneider -- from the scholia on Aristophanes, Knights 408; cf. beta 52. ↩
- 3George of Pisidia, Heraclias 3 fr. 40 Tartaglia; on Persian vices, presumably as opposed to Roman virtues. See alpha 3542 note for related entries.
Linked from (4)
Neighbours in Adler order
Revisions (8)
- Ronald Allenexpanded n.3, added cross-reference and keyword
- David Whiteheadcosmeticule
- Catharine Rothtweaked reference
- Catharine Rothcoding
- David Whiteheadtweaks and cosmetics
- David Whiteheadmodified translation; augmented notes and keywords; cosmetics
- Catharine Rothtranslated