Κνώσσω
I slumber
Translated by David Whitehead20 Apr 2008Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] I sleep.1
"After defeating Mithridates, Lucullus the Roman arrived in the Troad and camped near the shrine of Aphrodite, where he was given this oracle: 'why are you slumbering, great-hearted lion? Fawns are close by'. Realising with a start that [sc. this meant that] the king was nearby, he fell on him and killed him".2
"After defeating Mithridates, Lucullus the Roman arrived in the Troad and camped near the shrine of Aphrodite, where he was given this oracle: 'why are you slumbering, great-hearted lion? Fawns are close by'. Realising with a start that [sc. this meant that] the king was nearby, he fell on him and killed him".2
Greek original · Adler’s text
Κνώσσω· τὸ κοιμῶμαι. Λούκουλλος δὲ ὁ Ῥωμαῖος τὸν Μιθριδάτην καταστρεψάμενος καὶ προσσχὼν τῇ Τρῳάδι καὶ σκηνῶν παρὰ τὸ τῆς Ἀφροδίτης τέμενος ἤκουσε χρησμοῦ τοιοῦδε· τὶ κνώσσεις, μεγάθυμε λέον; νεβροὶ δέ τοι ἐγγύς. καὶ ὃς ἐξαναστὰς καὶ πυθόμενος ὡς εἴη πλησίον ὁ βασιλεύς, ἐπιπεσὼν διαφθείρει αὐτόν.
Betacode
*knw/ssw: to\ koimw=mai. *lou/koullos de\ o( *(rwmai=os to\n *miqrida/thn katastreya/menos kai\ prossxw\n th=| *trw|a/di kai\ skhnw=n para\ to\ th=s *)afrodi/ths te/menos h)/kouse xrhsmou= toiou=de: ti\ knw/sseis, mega/qume le/on; nebroi\ de/ toi e)ggu/s. kai\ o(\s e)canasta\s kai\ puqo/menos w(s ei)/h plhsi/on o( basileu/s, e)pipesw\n diafqei/rei au)to/n.
Notes (2)
- 1Likewise or similarly elsewhere; and this headword and gloss are echoed, with participles, in kappa 1886. ↩
- 2An incompetent summary -- it is not Mithridates who dies but his general Isidoros -- of the first part of a quotation given under lambda 688 (q.v. for all details). ↩
Linked from3 entries
- ε1539Ἐξαναστάςhaving emigrated[Meaning] having changed residence. "Having emigrated from Athens Thespiades founded Thespia[i] in Boiotia."
- κ1886Κνώσσουσανslumbering[Meanring her] sleeping. In the Epigrams: "the slumbering wardress I escaped".
- λ688ΛούκουλλοςLucullusLucullus, the consul, was at war with Mithridates the king of Pontus. Landing in the Troad and camping near the precinct of Aphrodite, he thought he saw Aphrodite standing by him during the night, and saying this to…
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Revision history3 revisions · last 6 Mar 2013
- Revised — David Whitehead
- recast n.2 — David Whitehead
- set status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — David Whitehead