Κήλησις
enchantment, ravishment
Translated by Marcelo Boeri16 Jul 2003Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Κήλησις· πειθὼ μετὰ τέρψεως. ἡ διὰ λόγων ἡδονὴ κατακλῶσα. καὶ ἡσυχία σὺν ἡδονῇ. ἀπὸ τοῦ χαλῶ.
Betacode
*kh/lhsis: peiqw\ meta\ te/ryews. h( dia\ lo/gwn h(donh\ kataklw=sa. kai\ h(suxi/a su\n h(donh=|. a)po\ tou= xalw=.
Notes (3)
- There is confusion here with kappa 1505, q.v.
- 1Likewise or similarly in other lexica, and cf. the scholia to Homer, Odyssey 13.2. ↩
- 2This gloss is unparalleled elsewhere in this form, and emendation of the final participle (transmitted as
kataklw=sa ), which makes no sense here anyway, has been suggested:katakhlou=sa in the editio princeps, persuasively citing Diogenes Laertius 7.114 (kh/lhsis ... e)stin h(donh\ di' w)/twn katakhlou=sa );kataxalw=sa Bernhardy, with (looser) reference to this verb in a scholion on Thucydides 1.94.2. ↩ - 3Similarly in other lexica, and cf. the scholia to Homer, Odyssey 11.334. ↩
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Revision history3 revisions · last 1 May 2016
- Revised — David Whitehead
- augmented and expanded notes — David Whitehead
- mdified translation; added notes and a keyword; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Marcelo Boeri