Εὐφορίων
Euphorion, Euphorio
Translated by William Hutton10 Feb 2008Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
Son of Polymnestos; a Chalkidian, from Euboia,1 a student of Lakydes2 and Prytanis among the philosophers, and, among the poets,3 of Archeboulos the Theran poet,4 whose beloved he is said have have become. He was born in the 126th Olympiad, when also Pyrrhos was defeated by the Romans;5 and he was honey-pale in appearance, fleshy and weak-limbed. When Nik[a]ia,6 the wife of Alexander the son of Krateros, ruler of Euboia,7 took a liking to him, he became extremely successful and went to Antiochos [III] the Great, who ruled in Syria, and was appointed by him to head the public library there. And when he died there he was buried in Apameia, or, as some say, in Antioch. Here are his books of epic: Hesiod; Mopsopia or Orderless Tales, [so called] for it contains miscellaneous stories; and 'Mopsopia' because Attica was previously called Mopsopia after Mopsopia the daughter of Okeanos,8 and the story extends to Attica.9 Thousands: it has a preface directed against those who stole from him money which he had put on deposit, so that they might pay the penalty, albeit at length; then he brings together oracles that have been fulfilled over a thousand years; there are 5 books, and the fifth [group of a] thousand has a title [as follows?].
"On oracles, how they are fulfilled over a thousand years".10
"On oracles, how they are fulfilled over a thousand years".10
Greek original · Adler’s text
Εὐφορίων, Πολυμνήστου, Χαλκιδεύς, ἀπὸ Εὐβοίας, μαθητὴς ἐν τοῖς φιλοσόφοις Λακύδου καὶ Πρυτάνιδος καὶ ἐν τοῖς ποιητικοῖς Ἀρχεβούλου τοῦ Θηραίου ποιητοῦ, οὗ καὶ ἐρώμενος λέγεται γενέσθαι. ἐγεννήθη δὲ ἐν τῇ ρκʹ2ʹ ὀλυμπιάδι, ὅτε καὶ Πύρρος ἡττήθη ὑπὸ Ῥωμαίων· καὶ ἐγένετο τὴν ἰδέαν μελίχρους, πολύσαρκος, κακοσκελής. τῆς Ἀλεξάνδρου, τοῦ βασιλεύσαντος Εὐβοίας, υἱοῦ δὲ Κρατεροῦ, γυναικὸς Νικίας στερξάσης αὐτόν, εὔπορος σφόδρα γεγονὼς ἦλθε πρὸς Ἀντίοχον τὸν μέγαν ἐν Συρίᾳ βασιλεύοντα καὶ προέστη ὑπ' αὐτοῦ τῆς ἐκεῖσε δημοσίας βιβλιοθήκης· καὶ τελευτήσας ἐκεῖσε τέθαπται ἐν Ἀπαμείᾳ, ὡς δέ τινες ἐν Ἀντιοχείᾳ. βιβλία δὲ αὐτοῦ ἐπικὰ ταῦτα· Ἡσίοδος· Μοψοπία ἢ Ἄτακτα· ἔχει γὰρ συμμιγεῖς ἱστορίας, Μοψοπία δέ, ὅτι ἡ Ἀττικὴ τὸ πρὶν Μοψοπία ἐκαλεῖτο ἀπὸ τῆς Ὠκεανοῦ θυγατρὸς Μοψοπίας, καὶ ὁ λόγος τοῦ ποιήματος ἀποτείνεται εἰς τὴν Ἀττικήν· Χιλιάδες· ἔχει δὲ ὑπόθεσιν εἰς τοὺς ἀποστερήσαντας αὐτὸν χρήματα, ἃ παρέθετο, ὡς δίκην δοῖεν κἂν εἰς μακράν· εἶτα συνάγει διὰ χιλίων ἐτῶν χρησμοὺς ἀποτελεσθέντας· εἰσὶ δὲ βιβλία εʹ, ἐπιγράφεται δὲ ἡ πέμπτη χιλιάς. περὶ χρησμῶν, ὡς διὰ χιλίων ἐτῶν ἀποτελοῦνται.
Betacode
*eu)fori/wn, *polumnh/stou, *xalkideu/s, a)po\ *eu)boi/as, maqhth\s e)n toi=s filoso/fois *laku/dou kai\ *pruta/nidos kai\ e)n toi=s poihtikoi=s *)arxebou/lou tou= *qhrai/ou poihtou=, ou(= kai\ e)rw/menos le/getai gene/sqai. e)gennh/qh de\ e)n th=| rk#2# o)lumpia/di, o(/te kai\ *pu/rros h(tth/qh u(po\ *(rwmai/wn: kai\ e)ge/neto th\n i)de/an meli/xrous, polu/sarkos, kakoskelh/s. th=s *)aleca/ndrou, tou= basileu/santos *eu)boi/as, ui(ou= de\ *kraterou=, gunaiko\s *niki/as sterca/shs au)to/n, eu)/poros sfo/dra gegonw\s h)=lqe pro\s *)anti/oxon to\n me/gan e)n *suri/a| basileu/onta kai\ proe/sth u(p' au)tou= th=s e)kei=se dhmosi/as biblioqh/khs: kai\ teleuth/sas e)kei=se te/qaptai e)n *)apamei/a|, w(s de/ tines e)n *)antioxei/a|. bibli/a de\ au)tou= e)pika\ tau=ta: *(hsi/odos: *moyopi/a h)\ *)/atakta: e)/xei ga\r summigei=s i(stori/as, *moyopi/a de/, o(/ti h( *)attikh\ to\ pri\n *moyopi/a e)kalei=to a)po\ th=s *)wkeanou= qugatro\s *moyopi/as, kai\ o( lo/gos tou= poih/matos a)potei/netai ei)s th\n *)attikh/n: *xilia/des: e)/xei de\ u(po/qesin ei)s tou\s a)posterh/santas au)to\n xrh/mata, a(\ pare/qeto, w(s di/khn doi=en ka)\n ei)s makra/n: ei)=ta suna/gei dia\ xili/wn e)tw=n xrhsmou\s a)potelesqe/ntas: ei)si\ de\ bibli/a e#, e)pigra/fetai de\ h( pe/mpth xilia/s. peri\ xrhsmw=n, w(s dia\ xili/wn e)tw=n a)potelou=ntai.
Notes (10)
- See generally F.J. Williams in OCD(4) s.v. Euphorion(2). [For Euphorion(1) see epsilon 3800.]
- 1The geographical specificity is needed because there were three cities of that name. ↩
- 2lambda 72. ↩
- 3Or: in matters of poetry. ↩
- 4Obscure; known only in this capacity. ↩
- 5272 BCE. (The 126th Olympiad actually covers 276-273.) ↩
- 6Name transmitted here as Nikia; Nikaia is Bernhardy's correction (noted but not followed by Adler). ↩
- 7OCD(4) s.v. Alexander(9). ↩
- 8Strabo (9.1.18, 9.5.22) and Stephanus of Byzantium say 'from Mopsopos'. ↩
- 9Ruhnken, as Adler notes, proposed emending this to 'to Antiochus'. ↩
- 10This actual title (if such it is) is lacking, Adler notes, in some mss and placed elsewhere in others. ↩
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Revision history3 revisions · last 3 Aug 2014
- updated 2 refs — David Whitehead
- more notes; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- augmented notes and keywords; tweaks — David Whitehead
- Translated — William Hutton