Λιμηρῆς
hunger-causing
Translated by Craig Gibson3 Jun 2009Vetting: high8 revisions
Translation
In the Epigrams: "an offering, an implement of hunger-causing labor. But [Bitto] said, 'hail goddess, and keep this.'" 1
Greek original · Adler’s text
Λιμηρῆς· ἐν Ἐπιγράμμασι· ἄνθεμα λιμηρῆς ἄρμενον ἐργασίης. εἶπε δέ, χαῖρε θεά, καὶ τήνδ' ἔχε.
Betacode
*limhrh=s: e)n *)epigra/mmasi: a)/nqema limhrh=s a)/rmenon e)rgasi/hs. ei)=pe de/, xai=re qea/, kai\ th/nd' e)/xe.
Notes (1)
- The unglossed headword is presumably extracted from the quotation given.
cf. lambda 546, lambda 547. - 1Greek Anthology 6.47.2-3 (attributed to Antipater of Sidon); Bitto, having decided to turn hetaera (cf. epsilon 3265 and epsilon 3266), abandons her harsh weaving craft and dedicates her kerkis (cf. kappa 1600) to Athena; cf. Gow and Page (vol. I, 25-26) and (vol. II, 67-68). Gow and Page note (vol. II, 67) that both Giovanni Setti (1856-1910) and Hugo Stadtmüller (1845-1906) argued that the epigram's author is in fact Antipater of Thessalonica. Toward defending the alternative attribution, Setti contended that 6.47 is indeed pornographic, unlike any of the Sidonian's other epigrams (ibid.). Nonetheless, Gow and Page find none of these arguments to be convincing; they continue to locate this epigram, with some reservations, among the others attributed to the Sidonian (vol. II, 68). ↩
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)
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Revision history8 revisions · last 24 Jun 2021
- further expanded n.1, added keyword — Ronald Allen
- expanded n.1, added bibliography, added cross-references, added keywords — Ronald Allen
- tweaked translation, added a keyword — Catharine Roth
- tweaked note — Catharine Roth
- Revised — David Whitehead
- x-refs — David Whitehead
- cosmetics — Catharine Roth
- tweaked tr; added primary note; modified and augmented keywords — David Whitehead
- Translated — Craig Gibson