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Βάλλ' ἐς Μακαρίαν · be gone into blessedness (β 75) · 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 β75

β71go to the crows!
β72Valentinianos, Valentinianus, Valentinian
β73Valerianos, Valerianus, Valerian
β74be gone into blessedness
β75be gone into blessedness
β76is hit
β77to hit, to throw
β78to hit with apples
β79strike at him who has the knowledge

Suda/Β beta/β75

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Βάλλ' ἐς Μακαρίαν

be gone into blessedness

Translated by Jennifer Benedict14 Apr 2002Vetting: high4 revisions

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1 note · 41 words

Translation

i.e. into Hades. For Macaria [was the daughter] of Heracles; when Eurystheus brought an army against Athens↗ she donated herself as a sacrifice for the salvation of the rest. This same thing they also say thus: e)s *Makari/an and ei)s *Makari/an.¹

Greek original · Adler’s text

Βάλλ' ἐς Μακαρίαν· οἷον εἰς ᾅδου. Μακαρία γὰρ ἡ Ἡρακλέους, ὁπηνίκα ἐπεστράτευσεν ὁ Εὐρυσθεὺς ταῖς Ἀθήναις, ἑαυτὴν ἐπέδωκε σφάγιον ὑπὲρ τῆς τῶν λοιπῶν σωτηρίας. τὸ δ' αὐτὸ τοῦτο καὶ οὕτως λέγουσιν, ἐς Μακαρίαν, καὶ εἰς Μακαρίαν.

Betacode

*ba/ll' e)s *makari/an: oi(=on ei)s a(/|dou. *makari/a ga\r h( *(hrakle/ous, o(phni/ka e)pestra/teusen o( *eu)rusqeu\s tai=s *)aqh/nais, e(auth\n e)pe/dwke sfa/gion u(pe\r th=s tw=n loipw=n swthri/as. to\ d' au)to\ tou=to kai\ ou(/tws le/gousin, e)s *makari/an, kai\ ei)s *makari/an.

Notes (1)

See already beta 74. The present gloss refers to the myth which Euripides relates in the Heracleidae; for Macaria see again under mu 51.
Similar material, variously, in other lexica and scholia.
1Two dialect variants, the first Attic, of the preposition 'into'.

Linked from2 entries

β74Βάλλ' ἐς Μακαρίανbe gone into blessedness[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to those who give themselves over into danger by their courage.
β77Βαλεῖνto hit, to throwThe [verb that means] to send from afar. But ou)ta/sai ["to hurt"] and nu/cai ["to pierce"] and tu/yai ["to strike"] [mean] to wound from the hand. *ba/llein ["to hit"] in Homer is also [used] for "to happen upon"…

Neighbouring entries

β73ΒαλεριανόςValerianos, Valerianus, Valerian β74Βάλλ' ἐς Μακαρίανbe gone into blessedness β75Βάλλ' ἐς Μακαρίανbe gone into blessedness β76Βάλλεταιis hit β77Βαλεῖνto hit, to throw

Revision history4 revisions · last 16 Sep 2015

16 Sep 2015Revised — David Whitehead
21 May 2012betacode and other cosmetics — David Whitehead
24 Jan 2004cosmeticule — Catharine Roth
2 Oct 2002modified headword; augmented note and keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
14 Apr 2002Translated — Jennifer Benedict

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Βάλλ' ἐς Μακαρίαν (Adler number beta 75), trans. Jennifer Benedict, 14 Apr 2002. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/beta/75

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 ↗