Ἡμίσεια Ἥμισυ παντός
half
Translated by Catharine Roth28 Aug 2006Vetting: high6 revisions
Translation
"It is like this: there were two brothers. As one of them died and left an orphan child, he designated his brother as trustee for his son and manager of the money which he left to him. But [the brother] being impious, desiring to make the child's property his own, then lost both it and his own. When he asked to obtain some consideration and inclination towards the better, [the god] answered, 'Fool, he did not know how much more half [is] than whole.' He accepted this as education and cleansed his soul and adorned his life and adopted self-control and taught justice."3
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἡμίσεια. Ἥμισυ παντός. Ἡσίοδος· νήπιοι, οὐδ' ἴσασιν ὅσῳ πλέον ἥμισυ παντός. ἔστι δὲ οὕτως· ἀδελφὼ δυὸ ἤστην. ὁ τοίνυν ἕτερος ἀποθνήσκων καὶ παῖδα ὀρφανὸν ἀπολείπων τὸν ἀδελφὸν ἐγγράφει καὶ τοῦ υἱοῦ ἐπίτροπον καὶ τῶν χρημάτων, ὧν ἐκείνῳ κατέλιπε, μελεδωνόν. ὁ δὲ ἀνόσιος ὢν τὰ τοῦ παιδὸς σφετερίσασθαι γλιχόμενος, εἶτα μέντοι καὶ τὰ οἰκεῖα προσαπώλεσε. δεομένῳ δὲ πολυωρίας τινὸς καὶ ῥοπῆς τυχεῖν τῆς ἐς τὸ κρεῖττον ἀπεκρίνατο, νήπιος, οὐκ ἐνόησεν ὅσῳ πλέον ἥμισυ παντός. παιδεύσεως ταῦτα ἔχεται καὶ ψυχὴν καθαίρει καὶ βίον κοσμεῖ καὶ σωφροσύνην ἐντίθησι καὶ δικαιοσύνην νομοθετεῖ.
Betacode
*(hmi/seia. *(/hmisu panto/s. *(hsi/odos: nh/pioi, ou)d' i)/sasin o(/sw| ple/on h(/misu panto/s. e)/sti de\ ou(/tws: a)delfw\ duo\ h)/sthn. o( toi/nun e(/teros a)poqnh/skwn kai\ pai=da o)rfano\n a)polei/pwn to\n a)delfo\n e)ggra/fei kai\ tou= ui(ou= e)pi/tropon kai\ tw=n xrhma/twn, w(=n e)kei/nw| kate/lipe, meledwno/n. o( de\ a)no/sios w)\n ta\ tou= paido\s sfeteri/sasqai glixo/menos, ei)=ta me/ntoi kai\ ta\ oi)kei=a prosapw/lese. deome/nw| de\ poluwri/as tino\s kai\ r(oph=s tuxei=n th=s e)s to\ krei=tton a)pekri/nato, nh/pios, ou)k e)no/hsen o(/sw| ple/on h(/misu panto/s. paideu/sews tau=ta e)/xetai kai\ yuxh\n kaqai/rei kai\ bi/on kosmei= kai\ swfrosu/nhn e)nti/qhsi kai\ dikaiosu/nhn nomoqetei=.
Notes (3)
- 1The primary headword, unglossed and evidently quoted from somewhere, is feminine nominative singular of
h(/misus . It is followed by two words from the Hesiod quotation which follows. ↩ - 2Hesiod, Works and Days 40 (web address 1); cf. scholion on Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus 1211. See also nu 325, omicron 704. ↩
- 3Aelian fr. 75 Domingo-Forasté (72 Hercher); cf. eta 592, eta 605, mu 474, pi 1991. The answerer is not named, but DW suggests that it should be a god, the usual provider of
poluwri/a in Aelian and elsewhere (see e.g. pi 1991). ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Linked from5 entries
- η351Ἥμισυςhalf[Meaning] short. "Prousias the king [was] half a man in appearance, and for warlike needs [he was] ignoble and effeminate."
- η352Ἥμισυςhalf[Genitive] h(mi/seos. And [in the neuter] h(/misu, [genitive] h(mi/seos.
- η592Ἤσθητοhad put on, had clothed himself [in]Meaning he had wrapped himself in. "And [he] had put on a saffron-colored chiton, so that more would turn towards him." "One brother dying and leaving the other brother [...]"
- η605Ἤστηνthey two wereMeaning they existed, in the dual. "There were two siblings, [?]wronged." And elsewhere: "and both had been lifted up by their hopes."
- μ474Μελεδωνόςcaretaker[Meaning a] mentor, overseer. Aelian [writes]: "he designated his own brother the guardian of his son and caretaker of the money [which he left to his son]. But he [sc. the brother], being impious, was striving to usurp…
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Revision history6 revisions · last 28 Aug 2018
- corrected my slip — David Whitehead
- tweaking — David Whitehead
- updated reference in note 3, upgraded one link and removed another — Catharine Roth
- tweaked translation, augmented note, added keyword — Catharine Roth
- added links — Catharine Roth
- augmented notes and keywords — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth