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Ἐλύγωσεν · mastered (ε 919) · Suda

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ε915Helsemon
ε916vituperated
ε917we were vituperating
ε918might choose
ε919mastered
ε920Elyma, Elymaian
ε921inflicted harm on
ε922I ransomed
ε923ransomed

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Ἐλύγωσεν

mastered

Translated by David Whitehead3 Feb 2007Vetting: high4 revisions

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1 note · 13 words

Translation

[Meaning he/she/it] subdued. "And this mastered the mind of Danae;"¹ that is, gold.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἐλύγωσεν· ἔκαμψεν. καὶ Δανάης ἐλύγωσεν ὅδε φρένα, τουτέστιν ὁ χρυσός.

Betacode

*)elu/gwsen: e)/kamyen. kai\ *dana/hs e)lu/gwsen o(/de fre/na, toute/stin o( xruso/s.

Notes (1)

cf. delta 57. The verb is the poetic (and rare) lugo/w.
1Greek Anthology 5.217.7 (Paul the Silentiary), Zeus turns into gold so as to seduce Danae. Further excerpts from this epigram are at alpha 1510, kappa 454, kappa 2075, and rho 317.

Linked from2 entries

α1510Ἅμματα[Kasiotic] knots[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to those who are crooked in their ways. [So called] from the Pelousians in Kasion, who by natural skill used to weave knots in order to attach one beam to another. [A knot]…
δ57ΔανάηDanaëA proper name. The [daughter] of Acrisius. "Go be judged: you are not Danaë the [daughter] of Acrisius." For when she was responding stubbornly to a lawsuit, a certain wiseguy said to her: "Go be judged: you are not…

Neighbouring entries

ε917Ἐλοιδορούμεθαwe were vituperating ε918Ἕλοιτοmight choose ε919Ἐλύγωσενmastered ε920ἜλυμαElyma, Elymaian ε921Ἐλυμήνατοinflicted harm on

Revision history4 revisions · last 20 Jul 2023

20 Jul 2023expanded n.1, added cross-references, added keyword — Ronald Allen
15 Aug 2012Revised — David Whitehead
4 Feb 2007augmented notes — David Whitehead
4 Feb 2007cosmetics, status — Catharine Roth
3 Feb 2007Translated — David Whitehead

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Ἐλύγωσεν (Adler number epsilon 919), trans. David Whitehead, 3 Feb 2007. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/epsilon/919

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