Κυνθιάδες
Kynthos' children, Cynthus' children
Translated by William Hutton13 Mar 2008Vetting: high6 revisions
Translation
In the Epigrams: "Kynthos' children, fear not, for the bow of the Cretan Echemmas lies in Ortygia with Artemis."1
Also [sc. attested is] 'Kynthian': "holding the Kynthian high-horned crag." Aristophanes in Clouds [sc. says this].2
Also [sc. attested is] 'Kynthian': "holding the Kynthian high-horned crag." Aristophanes in Clouds [sc. says this].2
Greek original · Adler’s text
Κυνθιάδες· ἐν Ἐπιγράμμασι· Κυνθιάδες θαρσεῖτε, τὰ γὰρ τοῦ Κρητὸς Ἐχέμμα κεῖται ἐν Ὀρτυγίῃ τόξα παρ' Ἀρτέμιδι. καὶ Κυνθίαν· Κυνθίαν ἔχων ὑψικέρατα πέτραν. Ἀριστοφάνης Νεφέλαις.
Betacode
*kunqia/des: e)n *)epigra/mmasi: *kunqia/des qarsei=te, ta\ ga\r tou= *krhto\s *)exe/mma kei=tai e)n *)ortugi/h| to/ca par' *)arte/midi. kai\ *kunqi/an: *kunqi/an e)/xwn u(yike/rata pe/tran. *)aristofa/nhs *nefe/lais.
Notes (2)
- Illustrated here are two words (the headword and a second lemma) related to Mount Kynthos (Cynthus), the main peak on the island of Delos; cf. Barrington Atlas map 61 grid A3.
- 1Callimachus, Epigram 62.1-2 Pfeiffer (= Greek Anthology 6.121.1-2). "Kynthos' children" could have meant Apollo and Artemis, since they were said to have been born on Mt. Kynthos. But here, as we learn in the last line of the poem, it refers to goats inhabiting the mountain that Echemmas (otherwise unknown; presumably a hunter if not a figment of Callimachus' imagination) had been shooting with his bow. Callimachus is also responsible for the only other surviving non-lexicographical appearance of the headword, Hymn to Apollo 61, where it also refers to Delian goats. ↩
- 2Aristophanes, Clouds 596-7 (web address 1), describing Apollo; cf. upsilon 757. The phrase 'high-horned crag', according to Etymologicum Magnum 504.4, is Pindar's (fr.325). ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
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Revision history6 revisions · last 2 Jan 2023
- added map reference primary note — Ronald Allen
- tweaks to n.1, prompted by CR — David Whitehead
- coding — David Whitehead
- Revised — David Whitehead
- Revised — David Whitehead
- supplemented tr; augmented n.2; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — William Hutton