Κορίννα
Korinna, Corinna
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Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Κορίννα, Ἀχελῳοδώρου καὶ Προκρατίας, Θηβαία ἢ Ταναγραία, μαθήτρια Μύρτιδος· ἐπωνόμαστο δὲ Μυῖα· λυρική. ἐνίκησε δὲ πεντάκις ὡς λόγος Πίνδαρον. ἔγραψε βιβλία εʹ, καὶ ἐπιγράμματα καὶ νόμους λυρικούς.
Betacode
*kori/nna, *)axelw|odw/rou kai\ *prokrati/as, *qhbai/a h)\ *tanagrai/a, maqh/tria *mu/rtidos: e)pwno/masto de\ *mui=a: lurikh/. e)ni/khse de\ penta/kis w(s lo/gos *pi/ndaron. e)/graye bibli/a e#, kai\ e)pigra/mmata kai\ no/mous lurikou/s.
Notes
- See generally C. Carey in OCD(4) s.v. Corinna; and cf. kappa 2088, kappa 2089, mu 1361.
Corinna composed choral lyrics in a poetic dialect with Boeotian flavor, which appears accentuated by the Boeotian spelling of the papyrus fragments. The historicity of her encounters with Pindar (pi 1617) cannot be verified. No epigrams are extant.
See Perseus Encyclopedia entry at web address 1.
References
D.L. Page, Poetae Melici Graeci 326ff.
D.D. Campbell, Greek Lyric Poetry (1967) 103ff., 408ff.
C. Segal in Cambridge History of Classical Literature I.1, 198-200
D.D. Campbell, Greek Lyric Poetry (1967) 103ff., 408ff.
C. Segal in Cambridge History of Classical Literature I.1, 198-200
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Linked from3 entries
- κ2088ΚορίνναKorinna, CorinnaOf Thespiai, lyric poetess; but some have said [that she was] from Corinth. [She wrote] lyric nomes.
- κ2089ΚορίνναKorinna, CorinnaA younger [Corinna], Theban, lyric poetess, who was also called Muia ["Fly"].
- μ1361ΜυῖαMuia, FlyFrom Thespiae, lyric poetess. [She wrote] songs arranged for the lyre.
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