Δανάη
Danaë
Translated by Jennifer Benedict20 Jul 2002Vetting: high9 revisions
Translation
A proper name.
The [daughter] of Acrisius. "Go be judged: you are not Danaë the [daughter] of Acrisius."1
For when she was responding stubbornly to a lawsuit, a certain wiseguy said to her: "Go be judged: you are not Danaë the daughter of Acrisius. "And this mastered the mind of Danaë"; that is, gold.2
The danikon is in currency at great Antioch of Syria; they use it for small transactions.3
The [daughter] of Acrisius. "Go be judged: you are not Danaë the [daughter] of Acrisius."1
For when she was responding stubbornly to a lawsuit, a certain wiseguy said to her: "Go be judged: you are not Danaë the daughter of Acrisius. "And this mastered the mind of Danaë"; that is, gold.2
The danikon is in currency at great Antioch of Syria; they use it for small transactions.3
Greek original · Adler’s text
Δανάη· ὄνομα κύριον. ἡ Ἀκρισίου. κρίθητι καὶ σύ· οὐκ εἶ Δανάη ἡ Ἀκρισίου. ταύτης γὰρ δυσπειθῶς πρός τινα δίκην ἀπαντώσης, σοφός τις πρὸς αὐτὴν ἀπεφθέγξατο· κρίθητι καὶ σύ· οὐκ εἶ Δανάη ἡ Ἀκρισίου θυγάτηρ. καὶ Δανάης ἐλύγωσεν ὅδε φρένα. τουτέστιν ὁ χρυσός. ἐπιχωριάζει τῇ μεγάλῃ Ἀντιοχείᾳ τῆς Συρίας τὸ δανικόν, ᾧπερ χρῶνται εἰς μικρὰς πραγματείας.
Betacode
*dana/h: o)/noma ku/rion. h( *)akrisi/ou. kri/qhti kai\ su/: ou)k ei)= *dana/h h( *)akrisi/ou. tau/ths ga\r duspeiqw=s pro/s tina di/khn a)pantw/shs, sofo/s tis pro\s au)th\n a)pefqe/gcato: kri/qhti kai\ su/: ou)k ei)= *dana/h h( *)akrisi/ou quga/thr. kai\ *dana/hs e)lu/gwsen o(/de fre/na. toute/stin o( xruso/s. e)pixwria/zei th=| mega/lh| *)antioxei/a| th=s *suri/as to\ daniko/n, w(=|per xrw=ntai ei)s mikra\s pragmatei/as.
Notes (2)
- [1] Lucian, Demonax 47. The joke is that Akrisios can literally mean "man with bad judgment" or "man who is unjudged"; from alpha 984.↩
- 2Greek Anthology 5.217.7 (Paul the Silentiary), quoted from epsilon 919. The allusion is to Zeus visiting Danae (and fathering Perseus) as a shower of gold. Find further extracts from this epigram at alpha 1510, kappa 454, kappa 2075, and rho 317. ↩
- 3Source unidentifiable. (Adler suggests Symeon Metaphrastes.) The term danikon, found only here (and unrelated to the rest of the entry), is evidently a variant of delta 59.
Linked from5 entries
- α984Ἀκρισίαlack of judgment[Meaning] misjudgment; bad judgment. And Libanius [says]: "accordingly, there is bad judgment in both our approaches, but mine has a certain benevolence." And another by way of humor. "When a certain woman named Danae…
- α986ἈκρίσιοςAkrisios, AcrisiusA proper name. The man [who was a] demigod.
- α1510Ἅμματα[Kasiotic] knots[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to those who are crooked in their ways. [So called] from the Pelousians in Kasion, who by natural skill used to weave knots in order to attach one beam to another. [A knot]…
- δ59ΔανάκηdanakeThis is the name of a coin, which in the old days they gave to the corpses as they buried [them]; [it was the] passenger's-fare on the Acherousian boat. Acherousia is a lake in Hades, which the dead cross, and as they…
- ε919Ἐλύγωσενmastered[Meaning he/she/it] subdued. "And this mastered the mind of Danae;" that is, gold.
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Revision history9 revisions · last 20 Jul 2023
- augmented n.2, added cross-reference — Ronald Allen
- added cross-references n.2 — Ronald Allen
- Revised — David Whitehead
- Revised — David Whitehead
- Revised — David Whitehead
- cosmetics — Catharine Roth
- augmented notes and keywords — David Whitehead
- another keyword — David Whitehead
- augmented notes and and keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Jennifer Benedict