Χρησμός

oracle

Translated by Ross Scaife ✝22 Mar 2002Vetting: high3 revisions

9 notes · 60 words

Translation

Look under Tyrtaios,1 and look under aneile ["responded"],2 and look under Thoulis,3 and look under Augustus Caesar.4 Also look under Scipio for the fulfillment of such an oracle.5 Look under Daphidas for an amazing oracle.6 Look under Diogenes for an oracle about erotic love.7 Look under Aigieis for an oracle about [the] Aigieis.8 Look for an oracle also under Oedipus.9

Greek original · Adler’s text

Χρησμός· ζήτει ἐν τῷ Τυρταῖος, καὶ ζήτει ἐν τῷ ἀνεῖλε, καὶ ζήτει ἐν τῷ Θοῦλις, καὶ ζήτει ἐν τῷ Αὔγουστος Καῖσαρ. καὶ ζήτει τὸ τέλος τοῦ τοιούτου χρησμοῦ ἐν τῷ Σκηπίων. ζήτει χρησμὸν θαυμάσιον ἐν τῷ δαφίδας. ζήτει χρησμὸν περὶ ἔρωτος ἐν τῷ Διογένης. ζήτει χρησμὸν περὶ Αἰγιέων ἐν τῷ Αἰγιεῖς. ζήτει χρησμὸν καὶ ἐν τῷ Οἰδίπους.

Betacode
*xrhsmo/s: zh/tei e)n tw=| *turtai=os, kai\ zh/tei e)n tw=| a)nei=le, kai\ zh/tei e)n tw=| *qou=lis, kai\ zh/tei e)n tw=| *au)/goustos *kai=sar. kai\ zh/tei to\ te/los tou= toiou/tou xrhsmou= e)n tw=| *skhpi/wn. zh/tei xrhsmo\n qauma/sion e)n tw=| dafi/das. zh/tei xrhsmo\n peri\ e)/rwtos e)n tw=| *dioge/nhs. zh/tei xrhsmo\n peri\ *ai)gie/wn e)n tw=| *ai)giei=s. zh/tei xrhsmo\n kai\ e)n tw=| *oi)di/pous. 

Notes (9)

  1. This entry is simply a collection of cross-references.
  2. 1Tyrtaios: tau 1206. ↩
  3. 2aneile(n): alpha 2371. ↩
  4. 3Thoulis: theta 415. ↩
  5. 4Augustus Caesar: alpha 4413. ↩
  6. 5Scipio: sigma 577. ↩
  7. 6Daphidas: delta 99. Adler makes this lower-case, but it seems to be a proper noun. ↩
  8. 7Diogenes: delta 1145. ↩
  9. 8Aigieis: alphaiota 45. ↩
  10. 9Oedipus: omicroniota 34. ↩

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Revision history3 revisions · last 1 Jul 2023
  1. expanded note 6 — Catharine Roth
  2. another note; more keywords; tweaking — David Whitehead
  3. cosmetics — David Whitehead
  4. Translated — Ross Scaife ✝

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