Ἵππος Νισαῖος
Nisaian horse, Nisaean horse
Translated by David Whitehead12 Jun 2006Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
Between Susiana and Bactria there is a place [named] Katastigona, called Nisos in Greek; exceptional horses are found there. But some say [they come] from the Red Sea, and that the mares are all tawny. Herodotus [says that] the place [called] Nisaea is part of Media.1 Polemon wrongly says that the Nisaean horse [is] white.2 Orpheus speaks [of them] in Diktys.3
Nisa is a place situated on the Red [Sea].
Nisa is a place situated on the Red [Sea].
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἵππος Νισαῖος· μεταξὺ τῆς Σουσιανῆς καὶ τῆς Βακτριανῆς τόπος ἐστὶ Καταστιγώνα, ὅπερ Ἑλλάδι γλώσσῃ Νῖσος καλεῖται· ἐνταῦθα ἵπποι διάφοροι γίνονται. οἱ δὲ ἀπὸ Ἐρυθρᾶς θαλάσσης· εἶναι δὲ ξανθὰς πάσας. ὁ δὲ Ἡρόδοτος τῆς Μηδίας εἶναι τὸν τόπον Νισαῖον. ὁ δὲ Πολέμων κακῶς φησι λευκὸν ἵππον Νισαῖον. ἐν δὲ Δίκτυϊ Ὀρφεὺς λέγει. ὅτι ἡ Νίσα τόπος ἐστὶν ἐν Ἐρυθρᾷ κείμενος.
Betacode
*(/ippos *nisai=os: metacu\ th=s *sousianh=s kai\ th=s *baktrianh=s to/pos e)sti\ *katastigw/na, o(/per *(ella/di glw/ssh| *ni=sos kalei=tai: e)ntau=qa i(/ppoi dia/foroi gi/nontai. oi( de\ a)po\ *)eruqra=s qala/sshs: ei)=nai de\ canqa\s pa/sas. o( de\ *(hro/dotos th=s *mhdi/as ei)=nai to\n to/pon *nisai=on. o( de\ *pole/mwn kakw=s fhsi leuko\n i(/ppon *nisai=on. e)n de\ *di/ktui+ *)orfeu\s le/gei. o(/ti h( *ni/sa to/pos e)sti\n e)n *)eruqra=| kei/menos.
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Revision history3 revisions · last 14 Jan 2013
- Revised — David Whitehead
- augmented notes — David Whitehead
- corrected cross-reference, set status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — David Whitehead