Ἵπυς
Hipys, Hippys
Translated by David Whitehead20 Oct 2002Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
Of Rhegium,1 a historian, lived at the time of the Persian Wars, and was the first to write about events in Sicily; Myes3 later produced an abridged version. [He wrote] Foundation of Italy; History of Sicily, 5 books, Chronologies [likewise] in 5 books; History of Argos [Myth, Place] in 3.
This man4 was the first to write parodies and choliambics and other [such] things.
This man4 was the first to write parodies and choliambics and other [such] things.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἵπυς, Ῥηγῖνος, ἱστορικός, γεγονὼς ἐπὶ τῶν Περσικῶν, καὶ πρῶτος ἔγραψε τὰς Σικελικὰς πράξεις, ἃς ὕστερον Μύης ἐπετέμετο· Κτίσιν Ἰταλίας, Σικελικῶν βιβλία εʹ, Χρονικὰ ἐν βιβλίοις εʹ, Ἀργολικῶν γʹ. οὗτος πρῶτος ἔγραψε παρῳδίαν καὶ χωλίαμβον καὶ ἄλλα.
Betacode
*(/ipus, *(rhgi=nos, i(storiko/s, gegonw\s e)pi\ tw=n *persikw=n, kai\ prw=tos e)/graye ta\s *sikelika\s pra/ceis, a(\s u(/steron *mu/hs e)pete/meto: *kti/sin *)itali/as, *sikelikw=n bibli/a e#, *xronika\ e)n bibli/ois e#, *)argolikw=n g#. ou(=tos prw=tos e)/graye parw|di/an kai\ xwli/ambon kai\ a)/lla.
Notes (4)
- FGrH 554 (testimonia and purported fragments). The authentic version of his name is the -pp- one, as in Stephanus of Byzantium (s.v. Arkadia) and elsewhere. See generally Lionel Pearson, The Greek Historians of the West (Atlanta 1987) 8-10, summarizing the case for and against Hippys' historicity and gently insisting on the strength of the latter.
- 1At the toe-end of Italy (rho 122). ↩
- 2i.e. the first quarter of the C5 BCE. ↩
- 3Otherwise unknown. ↩
- 4Surely not Hip(p)ys but Hipponax (iota 588), as Kuster suggested. ↩
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Revision history3 revisions · last 14 Jan 2013
- Revised — David Whitehead
- added x-ref — David Whitehead
- cosmetics — Catharine Roth
- Translated — David Whitehead