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Ἐπιάλτην · nightmare (ε 2221) · Suda

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Α Β Γ Δ Ε Ζ Η Θ Ι Κ Λ Μ Ν Ξ Ο Π Ρ Σ Τ Υ Φ Χ Ψ Ω

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ε2217courteous
ε2218tightly-packed
ε2219with courteousness
ε2220increased
ε2221nightmare
ε2222they come upon
ε2223you will step on an asp and a basilisk
ε2224platform
ε2225platform

Suda/Ε epsilon/ε2221

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Ἐπιάλτην

nightmare

Translated by Bobbiejo Winfrey ✝22 Jul 2003Vetting: high8 revisions

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3 notes · 36 words

Translation

Homer and Hesiod and the Attic [Greeks] [mean by epialtes] the demon [of that name],¹ but with a phi [they spell the name of] the man Ephialtes.² And [sc. note also] that which is called ague.³

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἐπιάλτην· Ὅμηρος καὶ Ἡσίοδος καὶ οἱ Ἀττικοὶ τὸν δαίμονα, διὰ δὲ τοῦ φ τὸν ἄνδρα Ἐφιάλτην. καὶ τὸ ῥιγοπύρετος λεγόμενον.

Betacode

*)epia/lthn: *(/omhros kai\ *(hsi/odos kai\ oi( *)attikoi\ to\n dai/mona, dia\ de\ tou= f to\n a)/ndra *)efia/lthn. kai\ to\ r(igopu/retos lego/menon.

Notes (3)

Same entry in the derivative ps.-Zonaras, including the last sentence (on which see n.3 below); without it, the entry = Photius, Lexicon p1484 Theodoridis. Epic usage in Homer, Iliad 5.385 (web address 1); also Hesiod fr.10. For Ep(h)ialtes and (human) Ephialtes see generally OCD(4) s.v., nos.1-4.
Similar material, variously (and more briefly), in Moeris, Hesychius, and other lexica. Post-Suda, Eustathius cites it as from a rhetorical lexicon: Commentary on the Iliad, 561.16 and Commentary on the Odyssey, 1687.52.
1cf. epsilon 3909, iota 765. ↩
2For instances see under lambda 272 and omicron 104. ↩
3Not directly relevant here, as this affliction is h)pi/alos; see eta 433.

External resources

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Neighbouring entries

ε2219Ἐπητύϊwith courteousness ε2220Ἐπηύξησενincreased ε2221Ἐπιάλτηνnightmare ε2222Ἐπίασινthey come upon ε2223Ἐπὶ ἀσπίδα καὶ βασιλίσκον ἐπιβήσῃyou will step on an asp and a basilisk

Revision history8 revisions · last 27 Jan 2016

27 Jan 2016reworked and expanded notes, for clarity — David Whitehead
3 Aug 2014updated a ref — David Whitehead
29 Aug 2013Revised — David Whitehead
10 Oct 2012Revised — David Whitehead
25 Oct 2007tweaked translation, augmented note, added link, raised status — Catharine Roth
8 Jun 2006added cross-references — Catharine Roth
20 Nov 2005another keyword — David Whitehead
22 Jul 2003supplied notes; augmented keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
22 Jul 2003Translated — Bobbiejo Winfrey ✝

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Ἐπιάλτην (Adler number epsilon 2221), trans. Bobbiejo Winfrey ✝, 22 Jul 2003. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/epsilon/2221

Translation by Bobbiejo Winfrey ✝ for Suda On Line, revised by David Whitehead, Catharine Roth, licensed CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Shown unchanged, under the same licence, non-commercially. Original on SOL ↗