Ἕσπερος ὃς κάλλιστα

Hesperus who [is] most beautiful

Translated by Catharine Roth18 Oct 2001Vetting: high4 revisions

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Here [Homer] calls the Evening star (Hesperus) most beautiful, but elsewhere he calls the Morning star most brilliant.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἕσπερος, ὃς κάλλιστα· νῦν τὸν Ἕσπερον λέγει κάλλιστον, ἐν ἄλλῳ δὲ τὸν Ἑωσφόρον φαάντατον.

Betacode

*(/esperos, o(\s ka/llista: nu=n to\n *(/esperon le/gei ka/lliston, e)n a)/llw| de\ to\n *(ewsfo/ron faa/ntaton.

From a scholion on Homer, Iliad 22.318 (text at web address 1); "elsewhere" refers to Odyssey 13.93 (web address 2).
On the identification of evening and morning stars, see epsilon 3187.