Δαμώματα
public songs
Translated by Jennifer Benedict19 Jul 2002Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] the ones sung in public. Aristophanes [writes]: "it is necessary that the wise poet sing such public songs of the well-tressed Graces."1
Greek original · Adler’s text
Δαμώματα· τὰ δημοσίᾳ ᾀδόμενα. Ἀριστοφάνης· τοιάδε χρὴ Χαρίτων δαμώματα καλλικόμων τὸν σοφὸν ποιητὴν ὑμνεῖν.
Betacode
*damw/mata: ta\ dhmosi/a| a)|do/mena. *)aristofa/nhs: toia/de xrh\ *xari/twn damw/mata kalliko/mwn to\n sofo\n poihth\n u(mnei=n.