Κοίλου κρατῆρος
of a hollow crater
Translated by William Hutton10 Jun 2008Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Κοίλου κρατῆρος· τοῦ μυχοῦ· τὰ γὰρ κοῖλα οὕτως ἐκάλουν ἐκ μεταφορᾶς· ὅθεν καὶ τὰ ἐν τῇ Αἴτνῃ κοιλώματα κρατῆρες καλοῦνται. Σοφοκλῆς· κοίλου πέλας κρατῆρος.
Betacode
*koi/lou krath=ros: tou= muxou=: ta\ ga\r koi=la ou(/tws e)ka/loun e)k metafora=s: o(/qen kai\ ta\ e)n th=| *ai)/tnh| koilw/mata krath=res kalou=ntai. *sofoklh=s: koi/lou pe/las krath=ros.
Notes (1)
- Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus 1593 (web address 1), with comments from the scholia. The commentary derives from the fact that the original meaning of 'crater' (
krath/r ), literally 'mixer', was a large open-mouthed vessel in which wine was mixed with water for consumption at symposia (cf. kappa 2338). Generally modern scholars follow the scholia here in reading Sophocles' usage as metaphorical, referring to a cleft in the rock at Colonus, but some have suggested that he is referring to an actual mixing-bowl sunk in the ground to receive sacrificial liquids. - 1For 'Aetna' (Etna) cf. alphaiota 374, alphaiota 375, alphaiota 376. For
krath/r as the crater/mouth of a volcano see LSJ s.v., II.2. ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
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Revision history5 revisions · last 16 Feb 2020
- another keyword — Catharine Roth
- cosmeticule — Catharine Roth
- Revised — David Whitehead
- augmented note 2 — David Whitehead
- x-ref; another note; tweaks — David Whitehead
- Translated — William Hutton