Κατὰ ῥέθος
at [her] face
Translated by Catharine Roth24 Jul 2008Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Κατὰ ῥέθος· μέλος. ἧς ἔπι καλὸν ἄμυξε κατὰ ῥέθος Ἀφρογένεια. ἀντὶ τοῦ ἐσπάραξεν, ἔξεσεν.
Betacode
*kata\ r(e/qos: me/los. h(=s e)/pi kalo\n a)/muce kata\ r(e/qos *)afroge/neia. a)nti\ tou= e)spa/racen, e)/cesen.
Notes (2)
- 1For the two senses of
r(e/qos in play here, see LSJ s.v. I and II. ↩ - 2Greek Anthology 7.218.11 (Antipater of Sidon), from alpha 1683, the epitaph for the legendary Corinthian courtesan Lais; cf. Gow and Page (vol. I, 19); (vol. II, 52-3); and further extracts from this epigram at alpha 1219, delta 1519, theta 519, theta 588, kappa 1525, kappa 2628, lambda 789, omicron 51, pi 1457, and pi 1903. ↩
References
A.S.F. Gow and D.L. Page, eds., The Greek Anthology: Hellenistic Epigrams, vol. I, (Cambridge, 1965)
A.S.F. Gow and D.L. Page, eds., The Greek Anthology: Hellenistic Epigrams, vol. II, (Cambridge, 1965)
A.S.F. Gow and D.L. Page, eds., The Greek Anthology: Hellenistic Epigrams, vol. II, (Cambridge, 1965)
Linked from8 entries
- α1219Ἁλιζώνουof sea-girt[Meaning of somewhere] girded around by sea. "I hold Lais, citizen-ess of sea-girt Corinth."
- α1683Ἀμύξειςyou will scratch, you will tear[Meaning] you will grieve, you will wound, you will strike. And [there is] a proverb: "not even a thorn scratches good men." Also [sc. attested is the singular] a)/mucis ["a scratching"], [meaning] a tearing, a rending,…
- δ1519Δρέπεταιharvests, is being harvested[Meaning he/she/it] reaps/is being reaped, gathers/is being gathered, plucks from flowers/is being plucked from flowers. "For whom more noble suitors than for the bride, [sc. Helen] daughter of Tyndareus, gathering…
- κ2628ΚυθέρειαKythereia, Cytheria[sc. Aphrodite is] not [sc. called this] because she reached Cythera, as Hesiod says; rather, she has love hidden within herself, which she sends to all; for through her charmed girdle she has the power. They say that…
- λ789Λύζειsobs violently, wails, hiccupsIf [spelled] with a zeta, [it means] o)lolu/zei ["he/she/it cries aloud"]; but if without the a zeta [i.e. as lu/ei], [it means] a)lu/ei ["he/she/it is distraught"], that is, he/she/it is sorely troubled. Or lu/zei…
- ο51Ὄδωδενsmells [good or bad][Meaning he/she/it] smells. "[She] whose grave is aromatic with fragrant crocus." The statement concerns Lais the courtesan.
- π1457ΠειρήνηPeireneName of a copious spring. "I hold Laïs, lady citizen of well-girdled Corinth, more shining than the white drops of Peirene."
- π1903ΠολιήτηςcitizenMasculine. Also [sc. attested is] poliêtis, feminine. "I hold Laïs, lady-citizen of salt-girdled Corinth."
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Revision history5 revisions · last 19 Sep 2020
- note reference typo, expanded n.2, added bibliography, added cross-references, added keywords — Ronald Allen
- tweaked note — Catharine Roth
- tweaks — Catharine Roth
- cosmetics — David Whitehead
- another keyword; tweaks — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth