Κρίσαμις
Krisamis, Crisamis
Translated by David Whitehead2 Jun 2008Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
of Kos. This man was rich in livestock. The story goes that an eel seized the finest of his flock, and Krisamis killed it; he had a dream, in which he was told to bury it, but he paid no attention and perished with all his family.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Κρίσαμις, Κῷος. οὗτος ἦν πολυθρέμματος. τούτῳ φασὶν ἔγχελυν τὸ [γὰρ] κάλλιστον τῶν προβάτων ἁρπάζειν, καὶ τὸν Κρίσαμιν ἀνελεῖν αὐτήν· φαινομένην δὲ αὐτῷ ὄναρ, κελεῦσαι καταθάψαι αὐτήν· τὸν δὲ μὴ φροντίσαντα παγγενῆ ἀπολέσθαι.
Betacode
*kri/samis, *kw=|os. ou(=tos h)=n poluqre/mmatos. tou/tw| fasi\n e)/gxelun to\ [ga\r] ka/lliston tw=n proba/twn a(rpa/zein, kai\ to\n *kri/samin a)nelei=n au)th/n: fainome/nhn de\ au)tw=| o)/nar, keleu=sai kataqa/yai au)th/n: to\n de\ mh\ fronti/santa paggenh= a)pole/sqai.
Notes
- Also in Hesychius kappa4146; Photius, Lexicon kappa1100 Theodoridis (spelling the name Kriss-); and Zenobius 4.64 (Kiss-).
For eels cf. epsilon 174 (another proverb), epsilon 175. If the present story is to be taken seriously, the creature in question must have been a moray or conger eel, making its attack on the seashore.
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Revision history4 revisions · last 2 May 2016
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- tweaked translation, set status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — David Whitehead