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Εὐαστήρ · Euaster; he who cries euoi! (ε 3378) · Suda

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ε3374euareos
ε3375I am pleasing (to)
ε3376easily-counted
ε3377better-fitted, more harmonious
ε3378Euaster; he who cries euoi!
ε3379easy to touch, soft; having a gentle touch
ε3380easily-seen (things)
ε3381having turned out well
ε3382Euboians, Euboeans

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Εὐαστήρ

Euaster; he who cries euoi!

Translated by Robert Dyer12 Jan 2002Vetting: high5 revisions

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2 notes · 40 words

Translation

An epithet of Dionysus.¹ From the ecstatic cry euoi!²
In the Epigrams: "these things of the open country Arcadian Biton, when an old man, dedicated to Pan and to Lyaeus who cries euoi!, that is to Lyaeus and the Nymphs."³

Greek original · Adler’s text

Εὐαστήρ· ἐπίθετον Διονύσου. παρὰ τὸ εὐοῖ ἐνθουσιαστικόν. ἐν Ἐπιγράμμασι· ἀγρονόμων τάδε Πανὶ καὶ εὐαστῆρι Λυαίῳ, τουτέστι Λυαίῳ, πρέσβυς καὶ Νύμφαις Ἀρκὰς ἔθηκε Βίτων.

Betacode

*eu)asth/r: e)pi/qeton *dionu/sou. para\ to\ eu)oi= e)nqousiastiko/n. e)n *)epigra/mmasi: a)grono/mwn ta/de *pani\ kai\ eu)asth=ri *luai/w|, toute/sti *luai/w|, pre/sbus kai\ *nu/mfais *)arka\s e)/qhke *bi/twn.

Notes (2)

[1] On Dionysus see generally delta 1185. The rare epithet appears to be Orphic (see Orphica 30, 31), and is used of Dionysus also by Marcus Argentarius (Greek Anthology 9.246). It appears to be identical with the equally rare epithet eu)asth/s used of Dionysus on an inscription from Pergamum and of his worshippers.
2For euoi! cf. epsilon 3785, epsilon 3787, epsilon 3788. ↩
3Greek Anthology 6.154.1-2 (Leonidas of Tarentum), a rustic dedication to Pan, Dionysus, and Nymphs by one Biton; cf. Gow and Page (vol. I, 137-138), Gow and Page (vol. II, 393-394), and further excerpts from this epigram at kappa 1682 and sigma 1391. For Lyaeus see lambda 788. Gow and Page note (vol. I, 137) that the Anthologia Palatina also ascribes the epigram to Gaetulicus, an imitator of the Tarentine. But they reject this attribution as lacking any credence, arguing that the context of the work is firmly Meleagrian, has a Leonidean style, and that Gaetulicus was working much later, in the 1st century CE.

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)

Linked from3 entries

ε2807Ἐποποῖepopoi (in hoopoe-ese)An adverb, for 'in hoopoe fashion [or: language]'. But if it has an acute accent on the antepenultimate syllable, it obviously comes from the nominative epopos. "epopoi, poi, popoi, popoi, popoi." "io, io, ito, ito,…
ε3785ΕὐοῖEuoi[An exclamation] expressive of anger/indignation/passion.
ε3787Εὐοῖ σαβοῖEuoi, Euoi, Saboi!Demosthenes [in the speech] In defence of Ctesiphon [uses the phrase]. It is a Bacchic [= Dionysiac] cry. "Euoi, Saboi" are mystic cries. They say that those who celebrate the mysteries reveal them in the Phrygian…

Neighbouring entries

ε3376Εὐαρίθμητοιeasily-counted ε3377Εὐαρμοστότεροςbetter-fitted, more harmonious ε3378ΕὐαστήρEuaster; he who cries euoi!ε3379Εὐαφέςeasy to touch, soft; having a gentle touch ε3380Εὐάφοραeasily-seen (things)

Revision history5 revisions · last 27 May 2021

27 May 2021expanded n.3, added bibliography, added cross-references — Ronald Allen
11 Nov 2012coding — Catharine Roth
5 Nov 2012tweaking — David Whitehead
1 Jan 2008rearranged and augmented notes; raised status — David Whitehead
11 Sep 2002added keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
12 Jan 2002Translated — Robert Dyer

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Εὐαστήρ (Adler number epsilon 3378), trans. Robert Dyer, 12 Jan 2002. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/epsilon/3378

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