Ἔναρα
spoils, trappings
Translated by Antonella Ippolito31 Aug 2005Vetting: high6 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἔναρα· τὰ σκῦλα. οἷά περ οὐκ ἐνοπιᾶς, ἀλλὰ χορῶν ἔναρα, οἷς θάλαμον κοσμεῖτε γαμήλιον. καὶ Ἐναίρειν, τὸ τὰ ὅπλα σκυλεύειν.
Betacode
*)/enara: ta\ sku=la. oi(=a/ per ou)k e)nopia=s, a)lla\ xorw=n e)/nara, oi(=s qa/lamon kosmei=te gamh/lion. kai\ *)enai/rein, to\ ta\ o(/pla skuleu/ein.
Notes (2)
- [1] See again epsilon 1125 for the headword, and see sigma 707 for the gloss; both are neuter plurals. Glosses↩
sku=la (andskuleu/ein for the verbe)nari/zein , as at eta 369) occur already in Apollonius' Homeric Lexicon 68.5-6 (cf. Homer, Iliad 6.480, 8.534, 10.528 & 570, 15.347, 17.13 & 540, 22.245e)/. broto/enta ; 13.268); scholia to Sophocles, Ajax 26; Etymologicum Magnum 337.40-41. See also Hesychius epsilon2657, with the additional glossla/fura [also in Eustathius, Commentary on the Iliad 1.189)] and epsilon2660.- 2Greek Anthology 6.163.6-7 (Meleager [Author, Myth]); cf. epsilon 1390, with the better reading
e)nopa=s "of battle." On this epigram, wherein Ares complains of unsullied armaments hung within his shrine, see Gow and Page, vol. I (249); vol. II (670-671); and further excerpts from this epigram at theta 497 and lambda 792. ↩- 3cf. the scholia to Homer, Iliad 21.485; and epsilon 1203.
- 2Greek Anthology 6.163.6-7 (Meleager [Author, Myth]); cf. epsilon 1390, with the better reading
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)
A.S.F. Gow and D.L. Page, eds., The Greek Anthology: Hellenistic Epigrams, vol. II, (Cambridge 1965)
Linked from5 entries
- ε1125ἜναραspoilsProperly speaking e)/nara [are] the things which adhere and are fitted to the body, such as a breastplate, a helmet. But in a larger sense even arrows are referred to as e)/nara.
- ε1128Ἐναρίζεινto despoil[e)nari/zein] and e)narize/menai [sc. mean the same]
- ε1203Ἐναίρεινto slay, to despoil[Meaning] to plunder the weapons. "You alone, holding out your defensive shield for the ships being plundered, always withstood the grievous War-god of the Trojans." [The verb] e)nai/rein [is used] improperly also in…
- ε1317Ἐνήρατοslew[Meaning he/she/it] killed.
- ε1390Ἐνοπήbattle-noise[Meaning] war, battle. Homer [writes]: "the Trojans came on with screeching and crying, like birds." And elsewhere: "not like the trappings of battle, but of choruses, with which you adorn the bridal chamber [...]."
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Revision history6 revisions · last 15 Sep 2022
- expanded n.2, added bibliography, added cross-references, added keyword — Ronald Allen
- coding — Catharine Roth
- more keywords; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
- augmented note — Catharine Roth
- added cross-reference — Catharine Roth
- augmented notes and keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Antonella Ippolito