Λιγυφθόγγοις
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Translated by Craig Gibson3 Jun 2009Vetting: high6 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Λιγυφθόγγοις· ἀντὶ τοῦ ἡδυφώνοις. οὐκέτι δὴ πτερύγεσσι λιγυφθόγγοισιν ἀείσεις, ἀκρί, κατ' εὐκάρπους αὔλακας ἑζομένα.
Betacode
*ligufqo/ggois: a)nti\ tou= h(dufw/nois. ou)ke/ti dh\ pteru/gessi ligufqo/ggoisin a)ei/seis, a)kri/, kat' eu)ka/rpous au)/lakas e(zome/na.
Notes (2)
- 1cf. the scholia to Homer, Iliad 2.50, where this dative plural occurs (of heralds). ↩
- 2Greek Anthology 7.192.1-2 (Mnasalces), on an
a)kri/s that has died; cf. Gow and Page (vol. I, 143), (vol. II, 408), and another extract from this epigram at xi 79. This singing insect is typically identified as a locust (e.g. Paton (108-109)), but, as Gow and Page observe (vol. II, 408), locusts do not make music with their wings (as do crickets and long-horned grasshoppers), but by scraping the hind femur against their wing-case; cf. xi 79. ↩
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)
W.R. Paton, trans., The Greek Anthology: Books VII-VIII, (Cambridge, MA 1993)
A.S.F. Gow and D.L. Page, eds., The Greek Anthology: Hellenistic Epigrams, vol. II, (Cambridge 1965)
W.R. Paton, trans., The Greek Anthology: Books VII-VIII, (Cambridge, MA 1993)
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Revision history6 revisions · last 7 Jan 2022
- added cross-reference n.2 — Ronald Allen
- expanded n.2, added bibliography, added keyword — Ronald Allen
- cosmeticule — Catharine Roth
- tweaked note — Catharine Roth
- Revised — David Whitehead
- augmented notes and keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Craig Gibson