Κυναίγειρος
Kynegeiros, Cynaegirus
Translated by David Whitehead6 Sep 2001Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
An Athenian, Euphorion's [son], brother of [the tragedian] Aeschylus: he grasped hold of the ship of the Persian admiral, which was already in flight, and had his right hand cut off; [so] he grasped it with his left, and when that too was cut off he fell and died.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Κυναίγειρος, Ἀθηναῖος, Εὐφορίωνος, Αἰσχύλου δὲ ἀδελφός, τῆς στρατηγίδος ἐπελάβετο νηὸς τῶν Περσῶν ἤδη φευγούσης καὶ τὴν δεξιὰν ἀποκοπεὶς ἐπέβαλε τὴν ἀριστεράν, ἧς καὶ αὐτῆς ἀποκοπείσης ἐτελεύτα πεσών.
Betacode
*kunai/geiros, *)aqhnai=os, *eu)fori/wnos, *ai)sxu/lou de\ a)delfo/s, th=s strathgi/dos e)pela/beto nho\s tw=n *persw=n h)/dh feugou/shs kai\ th\n decia\n a)pokopei\s e)pe/bale th\n a)ristera/n, h(=s kai\ au)th=s a)pokopei/shs e)teleu/ta pesw/n.
Notes
- A battle vignette -- here considerably ornamented (cf. Justin 2.9) -- from Herodotus 6.114 (web address 1). The exploit of Kynegeiros was commemorated in the Painted Stoa (pi 1469): Pliny, Natural History 35.57.
For Aeschylus see generally alphaiota 357 (where inter alia all three of his brothers are named).
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
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Revision history3 revisions · last 20 Mar 2013
- Revised — David Whitehead
- x-ref — David Whitehead
- added link, set status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — David Whitehead