Ἔρρε

go (to hell)

Translated by Catharine Roth11 Jul 2004Vetting: high8 revisions

2 notes · 48 words

[Meaning] perish.¹
"Go, bad cub, bad lot, go to Hades, go: I did not bear the one [who was] unworthy of Sparta."²
"O Xenophaneses and Diagorases and Hippons and Epicuruses and all the rest of the [catalogue] of those ill-starred and hateful to the gods: go to hell!"³

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἔρρε· φθείρου. ἔρρε, κακὸν σκυλάκευμα, κακὰ μερίς, ἔρρε πόθ' ᾅδαν· ἔρρε· τὸν οὐ Σπάρτας ἄξιον, ὧν ἔτεκον. ὦ Ξενοφάνεις καὶ Διαγόραι καὶ Ἵππωνες Ἐπίκουροι καὶ πᾶς ὁ λοιπὸς τῶν κακοδαιμόνων τε καὶ θεοῖς ἐχθρῶν, ἔρρεσθε.

Betacode

*)/erre: fqei/rou. e)/rre, kako\n skula/keuma, kaka\ meri/s, e)/rre po/q' a(/|dan: e)/rre: to\n ou) *spa/rtas a)/cion, w(=n e)/tekon. w)= *cenofa/neis kai\ *diago/rai kai\ *(/ippwnes *)epi/kouroi kai\ pa=s o( loipo\s tw=n kakodaimo/nwn te kai\ qeoi=s e)xqrw=n, e)/rresqe.

Notes (2)

[1] Likewise in Hesychius and other lexica. From the scholia to Homer, Iliad 8.164, where the headword imperative occurs; cf. epsilon 2939.
2Greek Anthology 7.433.5-6 (reading ou)d' e)/tekon): a Spartan mother kills her son. Further excerpts from this epigram are at beta 572 and theta 330. ↩
3Aelian fr. 36 Domingo-Forasté (33 Hercher), with an unparalleled instance of e)/rrw in the middle voice: referring to philosophers considered atheistic (cf. upsilon 386, alpha 1398, epsilon 1581). (Other suggestions for the missing noun are 'mob' and 'chorus'.) See Xenophanes at xi 46, Diagoras at delta 523 & delta 524, Epicurus at epsilon 2404, epsilon 2405, epsilon 2406.

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ε2914Ἐραῖαeraia, wool-decorated branch ε2915Ἔραινενscattered, sprinkled ε2916Ἔρρεgo (to hell)ε2917ἘρεβεινόςErebos-like, Erebus-like ε2918Ἐρεβησαίων πόλιςErebesaeans' city

Revision history8 revisions · last 23 Jul 2022

23 Jul 2022added cross-references n.2 — Ronald Allen
6 Feb 2016expanded n.1 — David Whitehead
25 Oct 2012Revised — David Whitehead
25 Apr 2011expanded notes, added keywords — Catharine Roth
25 Apr 2011more keywords — David Whitehead
17 Apr 2011updated reference, added cross-references — Catharine Roth
12 Jul 2004added cross-references — Catharine Roth
12 Jul 2004modified translation at one point; augmented notes and keywords — David Whitehead
11 Jul 2004Translated — Catharine Roth

ε2915 ε2917

Ἔρρε

go (to hell)

Translated by Catharine Roth11 Jul 2004Vetting: high8 revisions

2 notes · 48 words

Greek original · Adler’s text

Betacode

*)/erre: fqei/rou. e)/rre, kako\n skula/keuma, kaka\ meri/s, e)/rre po/q' a(/|dan: e)/rre: to\n ou) *spa/rtas a)/cion, w(=n e)/tekon. w)= *cenofa/neis kai\ *diago/rai kai\ *(/ippwnes *)epi/kouroi kai\ pa=s o( loipo\s tw=n kakodaimo/nwn te kai\ qeoi=s e)xqrw=n, e)/rresqe.

Notes (2)

[1] Likewise in Hesychius and other lexica. From the scholia to Homer, Iliad 8.164, where the headword imperative occurs; cf. epsilon 2939.
2Greek Anthology 7.433.5-6 (reading ou)d' e)/tekon): a Spartan mother kills her son. Further excerpts from this epigram are at beta 572 and theta 330. ↩
3Aelian fr. 36 Domingo-Forasté (33 Hercher), with an unparalleled instance of e)/rrw in the middle voice: referring to philosophers considered atheistic (cf. upsilon 386, alpha 1398, epsilon 1581). (Other suggestions for the missing noun are 'mob' and 'chorus'.) See Xenophanes at xi 46, Diagoras at delta 523 & delta 524, Epicurus at epsilon 2404, epsilon 2405, epsilon 2406.

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Revision history8 revisions · last 23 Jul 2022

23 Jul 2022added cross-references n.2 — Ronald Allen
6 Feb 2016expanded n.1 — David Whitehead
25 Oct 2012Revised — David Whitehead
25 Apr 2011expanded notes, added keywords — Catharine Roth
25 Apr 2011more keywords — David Whitehead
17 Apr 2011updated reference, added cross-references — Catharine Roth
12 Jul 2004added cross-references — Catharine Roth
12 Jul 2004modified translation at one point; augmented notes and keywords — David Whitehead
11 Jul 2004Translated — Catharine Roth

Translation

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Translation

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Notes (2)

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