Κέρα ἀγλαέ
splendid horn, splendid hair-style
Translated by Catharine Roth4 Nov 2008Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
[sc. This means] not the hair simply, but a kind of braid, braided1 in the form of a horn. But the Athenians also used to braid [ornaments in the form of] cicadas [into their hair].2 And in Homer: "braids which were bound3 with gold and silver."4 [You who are] dressed up for archery: or with long hair. For the ancients used to call long hair a horn.5
Greek original · Adler’s text
Κέρα ἀγλαέ· οὐ τὴν τρίχα ψιλῶς, ἀλλ' ἐμπλοκῆς τι γένος, ἐπὶ κέρατος τρόπον ἐμπλεκόμενος. ἔπλεκον δὲ καὶ Ἀθηναῖοι τέττιγας. καὶ παρ' Ὁμήρῳ· πλοχμοί θ', οἳ χρυσῷ τε καὶ ἀργύρῳ ἐσφήκωντο. καλλωπιζόμενε τῇ τοξικῇ· ἢ τῇ τριχώσει. κέρας γὰρ οἱ παλαιοὶ τὴν τρίχωσιν ἐκάλουν.
Betacode
*ke/ra a)glae/: ou) th\n tri/xa yilw=s, a)ll' e)mplokh=s ti ge/nos, e)pi\ ke/ratos tro/pon e)mpleko/menos. e)/plekon de\ kai\ *)aqhnai=oi te/ttigas. kai\ par' *(omh/rw|: ploxmoi/ q', oi(\ xrusw=| te kai\ a)rgu/rw| e)sfh/kwnto. kallwpizo/mene th=| tocikh=|: h)\ th=| trixw/sei. ke/ras ga\r oi( palaioi\ th\n tri/xwsin e)ka/loun.
Notes (5)
- The headword phrase is one of the sequence of taunts addressed to Paris by Diomedes [Author, Myth] in the Iliad: 'with your petty lovelocks' (E.V. Rieu). See further below.
- 1Küster emended the participle to the neuter
e)mpleko/menon to agree withge/nos . ↩ - 2cf. tau 377. ↩
- 3The verb
e)sfh/kwnto is derived fromsfh/c "wasp," suggesting that the hair was pinched in like the waist of a wasp. See also sigma 1735. ↩ - 4Thus far, the entry is paralleled by the scholia A on Homer, Iliad 11.385 (web address 1), quoting also Iliad 17.52 (web address 2). See further, next note. ↩
- 5The latter part of the entry is paralleled by the scholia D on Iliad 11.385. The text of Homer reads
ke/ra| in the dative: "splendid with your hair-style." ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
- Web address 2 perseus.tufts.edu
Linked from2 entries
- κ1416Κερόεσσαhorned[Meaning] plaited-together [feminine]. Also [sc. attested is] kero/eis: [meaning] plaited-together [masculine].
- κ2191Κουρόσυνονyouthful [hair][Meaning] that which is sacrificed on the occasion of cutting the hair. In the Epigrams: "with a lovely cicada, Christheneos [dedicated] this lock of youthful hair."
Neighbouring entries
Revision history3 revisions · last 10 Apr 2013
- upgraded links — Catharine Roth
- more keywords — David Whitehead
- augmented and rearranged notes; another keyword; tweaks — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth