Ἐν παντὶ μύθῳ καὶ τὸ Δαιδάλου μύσος

in every myth (there is) also the defilement of Daedalus

Translated by Jennifer Benedict8 Jul 2000Vetting: high5 revisions

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They say that Pasiphae was in love with a bull and begged Daedalus to make a wooden cow and rig it up and put her in it; and mounting her like a cow the bull made her pregnant. Out of her the Minotaur was born. Minos for certain reasons became angry with the Athenians and used to collect a tribute of seven virgins and an equal number of young men from them;¹ they were thrown to the beast. So since the origin and blame for these evils were attributed to Daedalus and he was loathed for them, he became the subject of the proverb.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἐν παντὶ μύθῳ καὶ τὸ Δαιδάλου μύσος· Πασιφάην φασὶν ἐρασθεῖσαν ταύρου Δαίδαλον ἱκετεῦσαι ποιῆσαι ξυλίνην βοῦν καὶ κατασκευάσαντα αὐτὴν ἐνθεῖναι· ἣν ἐπιβαίνων ὡς βοῦν ὁ ταῦρος ἐγκύμονα ἐποίησεν. ἐξ ἧς ἐγεννήθη ὁ Μινώταυρος. Μίνως δὲ διά τινας αἰτίας ὀργιζόμενος τοῖς Ἀθηναίοις ἑπτὰ παρθένους καὶ ἴσους νέους ἐξ αὐτῶν ἐδασμολογεῖτο· οἳ παρεβάλλοντο τῷ θηρίῳ. εἰς Δαίδαλον οὖν ἀρχηγὸν τούτων τῶν κακῶν καὶ αἴτιον γενόμενον καὶ μυσαχθέντα ἐξηνέχθη εἰς παροιμίαν.

Betacode

*)en panti\ mu/qw| kai\ to\ *daida/lou mu/sos: *pasifa/hn fasi\n e)rasqei=san tau/rou *dai/dalon i(keteu=sai poih=sai culi/nhn bou=n kai\ kataskeua/santa au)th\n e)nqei=nai: h(\n e)pibai/nwn w(s bou=n o( tau=ros e)gku/mona e)poi/hsen. e)c h(=s e)gennh/qh o( *minw/tauros. *mi/nws de\ dia/ tinas ai)ti/as o)rgizo/menos toi=s *)aqhnai/ois e(pta\ parqe/nous kai\ i)/sous ne/ous e)c au)tw=n e)dasmologei=to: oi(\ pareba/llonto tw=| qhri/w|. ei)s *dai/dalon ou)=n a)rxhgo\n tou/twn tw=n kakw=n kai\ ai)/tion geno/menon kai\ musaxqe/nta e)chne/xqh ei)s paroimi/an.

Notes (1)

cf. Zenobius 4.6 and other paroemiographers. (There is wordplay, mythos/mysos, in the proverb itself which gets lost in translation.)
For Daedalus (Daidalos) cf. generally delta 106, delta 107, delta 108, delta 109, delta 110; for Pasiphae and the Minotaur cf. alphaiota 23.
1cf. delta 82.

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Revision history5 revisions · last 28 Aug 2012

28 Aug 2012more keywords; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
17 Jan 2007augmented notes and keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
16 Aug 2001added notes and keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
19 Sep 2000Cosmetics — William Hutton
19 Sep 2000Modified translation. — Elizabeth Vandiver
8 Jul 2000Translated — Jennifer Benedict

Greek original · Adler’s text

Betacode

*)en panti\ mu/qw| kai\ to\ *daida/lou mu/sos: *pasifa/hn fasi\n e)rasqei=san tau/rou *dai/dalon i(keteu=sai poih=sai culi/nhn bou=n kai\ kataskeua/santa au)th\n e)nqei=nai: h(\n e)pibai/nwn w(s bou=n o( tau=ros e)gku/mona e)poi/hsen. e)c h(=s e)gennh/qh o( *minw/tauros. *mi/nws de\ dia/ tinas ai)ti/as o)rgizo/menos toi=s *)aqhnai/ois e(pta\ parqe/nous kai\ i)/sous ne/ous e)c au)tw=n e)dasmologei=to: oi(\ pareba/llonto tw=| qhri/w|. ei)s *dai/dalon ou)=n a)rxhgo\n tou/twn tw=n kakw=n kai\ ai)/tion geno/menon kai\ musaxqe/nta e)chne/xqh ei)s paroimi/an.

Translation

Greek original · Adler’s text

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