Ἡρῷναι
heroines
Translated by Catharine Roth5 Sep 2006Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
Aristophanes in Clouds [writes]: "they are some kind of heroines." They pronounced "heroines" with three syllables, as h)i/+qeoi [contracts to] h)/|qeoi .1
Aelian [writes]: "[she] having accomplished this, a noble and daring deed, downright [worthy] of a heroine."2
Aelian [writes]: "[she] having accomplished this, a noble and daring deed, downright [worthy] of a heroine."2
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἡρῷναι· Ἀριστοφάνης Νεφέλαις· ἡρῷναί τινές εἰσι. τρισυλλάβως τὸ ἡρῷναι προήνεγκαν, ὡς ἠΐθεοι, ᾔθεοι. Αἰλιανός· γενναῖον ἔργον καὶ τολμηρὸν ἡρωΐνης ἄντικρυς τοῦτο δράσασα.
Betacode
*(hrw=|nai: *)aristofa/nhs *nefe/lais: h(rw=|nai/ tine/s ei)si. trisulla/bws to\ h(rw=|nai proh/negkan, w(s h)i/+qeoi, h)/|qeoi. *ai)liano/s: gennai=on e)/rgon kai\ tolmhro\n h(rwi/+nhs a)/ntikrus tou=to dra/sasa.
Notes (2)
- 1Aristophanes, Clouds 315, with scholion. cf. eta 551. ↩
- 2Aelian fr. 152 Domingo-Forasté (149 Hercher). ↩
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- Revised — David Whitehead
- updated reference — Catharine Roth
- more keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth