Ἡμιδαής
half-burnt
Translated by Catharine Roth25 Aug 2006Vetting: high6 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἡμιδαής· ἡμίκαυστος. ἐν Ἐπιγράμμασι· ἡμιδαὲς πέμψαι, χοῦς γὰρ ἔνεισι δύω.
Betacode
*(hmidah/s: h(mi/kaustos. e)n *)epigra/mmasi: h(midae\s pe/myai, xou=s ga\r e)/neisi du/w.
Notes (2)
- 1cf. scholion on Homer, Iliad 16.294, where the headword occurs (web address 1). ↩
- 2A version of Greek Anthology 5.183.4 (Posidippus); however, the Suda's 'half-burnt' (neuter
h(midae/s ) should be 'half-full' (h(midee/s ). On this epigram, in which a symposium-goer intends to defraud a wine merchant, see Gow and Page (vol. I, 168-169) and (vol. II, 489). Gow and Page note (vol. I, 169) that the Suda follows the Anthologia Palatina (AP) in transmittingh(midae/s . However, they adopt (ibid.) the readingh(midee/s --evidently correct--given in the Apographon cod. Buheriani (associated with the classical scholar and translator Jean Bouhier, 1673-1746). The Suda again follows the AP by readinge)/neisi (third person plural, present indicative active ofe)/neimi : 'I am there') here, but Gow and Page accept (ibid.) an emendation given by Salmasius (Claude de Saumaise, 1588-1653):a)/peisi , i.e., 'it is two [pitchers] short'; cf. Paton (218-219). ↩
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)
W.R. Paton, trans., The Greek Anthology: Books I-VI, (Cambridge, MA 1993)
A.S.F. Gow and D.L. Page, eds., The Greek Anthology: Hellenistic Epigrams, vol. II, (Cambridge, 1965)
W.R. Paton, trans., The Greek Anthology: Books I-VI, (Cambridge, MA 1993)
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
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Revision history6 revisions · last 13 Feb 2022
- further expanded n.2, added keyword — Ronald Allen
- expanded n.2, added bibliography, added keyword — Ronald Allen
- Revised — David Whitehead
- upgraded link — Catharine Roth
- tweaking — David Whitehead
- added note number; other cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth