Κολασσαεῖς
Kolassaians, Colassaeans
Translated by D. Graham J. Shipley3 Aug 2002Vetting: high7 revisions
Translation
[A name for] the Rhodians, who erected on the island a bronze statue of the sun, which because of its size they called Kolossos,1 in the reign of Seleukos son of Nikanor,2 successor of Alexander of Macedon [ = Alexander the Great].3
In Epigrams:4 "for you yourself the habitants of Dorian Rhodos did stretch out this Kolossos towards Olympos [Myth, Place, Place], o Sun, a bronze one, when having laid to sleep the wave of Enyo5 they garlanded the fatherland with the spoils of their ill-wishers".6
In Epigrams:4 "for you yourself the habitants of Dorian Rhodos did stretch out this Kolossos towards Olympos [Myth, Place, Place], o Sun, a bronze one, when having laid to sleep the wave of Enyo5 they garlanded the fatherland with the spoils of their ill-wishers".6
Greek original · Adler’s text
Κολασσαεῖς· οἱ Ῥόδιοι· οἵ τινες ἀνέστησαν ἐν τῇ νήσῳ χαλκοῦν ἀνδριάντα τοῦ ἡλίου, ὃν διὰ τὸ μέγεθος ἐκάλεσαν Κολοσσόν, ἐπὶ Σελεύκου τοῦ Νικάνορος υἱοῦ, διαδόχου Ἀλεξάνδρου τοῦ Μακέδονος. ἐν Ἐπιγράμμασι· αὐτῷ σοι πρὸς Ὄλυμπον ἐμακύναντο Κολοσσὸν τόνδε Ῥόδου ναέται Δωρίδος, Ἀέλιε, χάλκεον, ἥνικα κῦμα κατευνάσαντες Ἐνυοῦς ἔστεψαν πάτραν δυσμενέων ἐνάροις.
Betacode
*kolassaei=s: oi( *(ro/dioi: oi(/ tines a)ne/sthsan e)n th=| nh/sw| xalkou=n a)ndria/nta tou= h(li/ou, o(\n dia\ to\ me/geqos e)ka/lesan *kolosso/n, e)pi\ *seleu/kou tou= *nika/noros ui(ou=, diado/xou *)aleca/ndrou tou= *make/donos. e)n *)epigra/mmasi: au)tw=| soi pro\s *)/olumpon e)maku/nanto *kolosso\n to/nde *(ro/dou nae/tai *dwri/dos, *)ae/lie, xa/lkeon, h(/nika ku=ma kateuna/santes *)enuou=s e)/steyan pa/tran dusmene/wn e)na/rois.
Notes (6)
- See also kappa 1931.
- 1In latinized spelling Colossus. ↩
- 2Seleukos I Nikator, king of Asia: sigma 202. ↩
- 3This first paragraph of the entry is abridged from George the Monk, Chronicon 285.15-22. ↩
- 4Greek Anthology 6.171.1–4 (author unknown), on the Colossus of Rhodes; cf. Gow and Page, vol. I (213) and vol. II (588-590). ↩
- 5The goddess of war and companion of Ares (epsilon 1502). ↩
- 6Demetrios I Poliorketes besieged Rhodes for over a year (305-304 BCE), but the Rhodians survived and commemorated their success with this statue by Chares of Lindos; cf. Gow and Page, vol. II (589-590). ↩
References
A.S.F. Gow and D.L. Page, eds., The Greek Anthology: Hellenistic Epigrams, vol. I, (Cambridge 1965)
A.S.F. Gow and D.L. Page, eds., The Greek Anthology: Hellenistic Epigrams, vol. II, (Cambridge 1965)
A.S.F. Gow and D.L. Page, eds., The Greek Anthology: Hellenistic Epigrams, vol. II, (Cambridge 1965)
Linked from2 entries
- κ1931ΚολασσαεύςKolassaian, Colassaean[Someone] from a place [sc. called Kolassai].
- κ1947ΚολοσσόςKolossos, Colossus[Meaning] a [sc. large] statue. "Just as the colossus of the Rhodians, being amazing because of its size, is not lovable, so neither was Sebastianus marvelous because of his lack of love for money."
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Revision history7 revisions · last 25 Jul 2022
- expanded n.4, added bibliography; augmented n.6 — Ronald Allen
- tweaked note — Catharine Roth
- coding — Catharine Roth
- another note; more keywords; tweaking — David Whitehead
- augmented notes and keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- added cross-reference — Catharine Roth
- added keywords — Catharine Roth
- Translated — D. Graham J. Shipley