Βαλίαν

dappled

Translated by Jennifer Benedict · 14 Apr 2002 · Vetting: high · 7 revisions

Translation

[Referring to] a spotted hind.¹
Also [sc. attested is the phrase] bali/wn a)ne/mwn ["of dappled breezes"]: "stay [,] winds of dappled breezes". That is, those blowing excessively. From Synesius the Cyrenaean.²
And elsewhere: "hunting its dappled fellows in a wood's pasturage; for you withdrew at the last into the way of Acheron."³

Greek original

Βαλίαν· τὴν ἔλαφον τὴν κατάστικτον. καὶ Βαλίων ἀνέμων· λήγετε πνοιαὶ βαλίων ἀνέμων. τουτέστι σφοδρῶς πνεόντων. παρὰ Συνεσίῳ τῷ Κυρηναίῳ. καὶ αὖθις· θηρεύων βαλίους συνομήλικας ἐν νομῷ ὕλης· ᾤχεο γὰρ πυμάτ' εἰς Ἀχέροντος ὁδόν.

Betacode

*bali/an: th\n e)/lafon th\n kata/stikton. kai\ *bali/wn a)ne/mwn: lh/gete pnoiai\ bali/wn a)ne/mwn. toute/sti sfodrw=s pneo/ntwn.  para\ *sunesi/w| tw=| *kurhnai/w|. kai\ au)=qis: qhreu/wn bali/ous sunomh/likas e)n nomw=| u(/lhs: w)/|xeo ga\r puma/t' ei)s *)axe/rontos o(do/n.

Notes (2)

[1] cf. the scholia to Euripides, Hecuba 90, where the headword (feminine accusative singular) occurs.
2Synesius, Hymns 3.77-8. ↩
3Greek Anthology 7.203.3-4 (Simias), an epitaph for a partridge decoy; cf. Gow and Page (vol. I, 177), (vol. II, 512), and another extract at delta 1530.

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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 from (1)

δ1530Δρίοςcopse, thicket

Neighbours in Adler order

β79Βάλλ' εἰς ἔχοντα τὴν ἐπιστήμηνstrike at him who has the knowledge β80Βάλλ' εἰς ὕδωρcast into the water β81Βακτηρία καὶ σχῆμα καὶ τριβώνιον ἢ τριώβολονstaffs and manner and little cloak, or three-obol fee β82Βαλίανdappled β83ΒαλιαρίδωνBalearic β84ΒαλίοςBalios, Piebald β85Βαλμόςbalmos

Revisions (7)

19 Mar 2022Ronald Allenexpanded n.3, added bibliography, added cross-reference
16 Sep 2015David Whitehead
5 Jun 2012Catharine Rothcoding
21 May 2012David Whiteheadaugmented notes and keywords; betacode and other cosmetics
15 Apr 2002David Whiteheadaugmented notes and keywords; cosmetics
14 Apr 2002Jennifer Benedicttranslated

Translation

Greek original

Betacode

*bali/an: th\n e)/lafon th\n kata/stikton. kai\ *bali/wn a)ne/mwn: lh/gete pnoiai\ bali/wn a)ne/mwn. toute/sti sfodrw=s pneo/ntwn.  para\ *sunesi/w| tw=| *kurhnai/w|. kai\ au)=qis: qhreu/wn bali/ous sunomh/likas e)n nomw=| u(/lhs: w)/|xeo ga\r puma/t' ei)s *)axe/rontos o(do/n.