Κεκραμένη σπονδή
mixed libation
Translated by Catharine Roth22 Oct 2008Vetting: high1 revision
Translation
That which they used to sacrifice to Hermes alone, because, as they say, he rules over both living and dead and receives his honors from both.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Κεκραμένη σπονδή· ἣν ἔθυον μόνῳ τῷ Ἑρμῇ, διότι ὥς φασι καὶ ζώντων καὶ τετελευτηκότων ἄρχει καὶ παρ' ἀμφοτέρων τὰς τιμὰς δέχεται.
Betacode
*kekrame/nh spondh/: h(\n e)/quon mo/nw| tw=| *(ermh=|, dio/ti w(/s fasi kai\ zw/ntwn kai\ teteleuthko/twn a)/rxei kai\ par' a)mfote/rwn ta\s tima\s de/xetai.
Notes
- From kappa 2666 or omicroniota 102: a comment on Aristophanes, Plutus [Wealth] 1132.
Linked from2 entries
- κ2666Κύλιξ ῥοπαλωτήclub-shaped cup, kylix rhopalote[Meaning] the refreshment vessel for the many. "Commodus, the Romans' emperor, when he had tired himself out in the performance, took from a woman some sweet chilled wine in a cup shaped like a club and drank it in one…
- οι102Οἴμοι κύλικος ἴσον ἴσῳ κεκραμένηςalas for a cup mixed half and halfHermes says this; for to him alone they used to offer a mixed libation, because, as they say, he rules over both the living and the dead, [and] receives his honors from both.
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Revision history1 revision · last 23 Oct 2008
- more keywords; tweaks — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth