Δαῖτας
feasts
Translated by Jennifer Benedict23 Jul 2002Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Δαῖτας· εὐωχίας. Φοῖβε, δέξαι πλωτήρων μάζης χεριφυρέα δαῖτα. καί, οἵους Ἡσίοδος παρεισάγει τοὺς Αἰακίδας, πολέμῳ κεχαρηότας ἠΰτε δαιτί.
Betacode
*dai=tas: eu)wxi/as. *foi=be, de/cai plwth/rwn ma/zhs xerifure/a dai=ta. kai/, oi(/ous *(hsi/odos pareisa/gei tou\s *ai)aki/das, pole/mw| kexarho/tas h)u/+te daiti/.
Notes (2)
- [1] Likewise in other lexica, and cf. the scholia to Homer, Odyssey 1.374 (where this accusative plural occurs), and generally delta 112, delta 120, delta 124, delta 127, delta 128.↩
- 2Greek Anthology 6.251.2-3 (Philip); cf. chi 205. On this epigram, in which sailors make meager offerings to Apollo and pray that he provide them with fair winds, see Gow and Page (vol. I, 300-303); (vol. II, 335); and further extracts at alphaiota 274, beta 527, and omicron 158. ↩
- 3Polybius 5.2.6, quoting Hesiod fr.206 Merkelbach-West (77 Rzach).
References
A.S.F. Gow and D.L. Page, eds., The Greek Anthology: The Garland of Philip and Some Contemporary Epigrams, vol. I, (Cambridge, 1968)
A.S.F. Gow and D.L. Page, eds., The Greek Anthology: The Garland of Philip and Some Contemporary Epigrams, vol. II, (Cambridge, 1968)
A.S.F. Gow and D.L. Page, eds., The Greek Anthology: The Garland of Philip and Some Contemporary Epigrams, vol. II, (Cambridge, 1968)
Linked from8 entries
- αι274Αἰπύlofty[Meaning something] high, large. "[Phoebus], holding the lofty hill of Leukas, seen from far by sailors." "And you, Helios, who drive your chariot up the sky, when you see the land of my fathers, draw in your golden…
- β527Βραχυφεγγίτηςbriefly-illuminating[Meaning] that which shines a little. "And the gleam of a briefly-illuminating lamp."
- δ112Δαίειburns[dai/ei means the same as] kai/ei. Also [sc. attested is the participle] daiome/nh ["being apportioned"], [meaning] being distributed, being divided. For dai/w ["I apportion"] also means I distribute. Out of this also…
- δ120Δαίνυfeast[Meaning] entertain sumptuously. Homer [writes]: "feast a feast for the elders." Also [sc. attested is] dainu/menos ["one who is being feasted"], [meaning one who is] being entertained sumptuously.
- δ124Δαίςfeast[Meaning] festivities. And when [sc. Homer] says "an abundant feast" [dai=ta], they say that di/aita is being said by a change of letter. But to say [it is derived] from dai/sasqai ["to feast"] [is] rather forced.
- δ127ΔαιτήfeastIn the nominative [sc. this noun is spelled] with eta. [Meaning] a party. But in the dative, daiti/, [meaning] for/to/with the party; out of dai/s, [genitive] daito/s, [comes dative] daiti/.
- δ128Δαιτὸς ἐΐσηςof an equal banquet[Meaning] from feasting divided equally. But Zenodotus says [it means] "of good [feasting]," since nourishment is good for mankind. Since the first human beings, who did not have bountiful nourishment, snatched it by…
- χ205Χεριφυρέαhand-kneaded"[o] Phoebus [...] receive this hand-kneaded feast of a barley loaf from the sailors." In the Epigrams.
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Revision history4 revisions · last 29 Nov 2022
- expanded n.2, added bibliography, added cross-references — Ronald Allen
- Revised — David Whitehead
- more keywords; tweaking — David Whitehead
- modified translation; augmented notes and keywords — David Whitehead
- Translated — Jennifer Benedict