Μνῆστις
remembrance, recollection
Translated by Kyle Helms27 Jun 2009Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] memory.1
"But have recollection of me also. Memory must be attached to a man, if, I suppose, he should experience something delightful [...] but if the remembrance of anyone who has received benefits falls away, in no way would this man be noble".2
And elsewhere: "a mother, disowning the remembrance of her birth pangs, killed her son who had left the battle after the destiny [= death] of companions".3
"But have recollection of me also. Memory must be attached to a man, if, I suppose, he should experience something delightful [...] but if the remembrance of anyone who has received benefits falls away, in no way would this man be noble".2
And elsewhere: "a mother, disowning the remembrance of her birth pangs, killed her son who had left the battle after the destiny [= death] of companions".3
Greek original · Adler’s text
Μνῆστις· μνήμη. ἀλλ' ἴσχε κἀμοῦ μνῆστιν. ἀνδρί τοι χρεὼν μνήμην προσεῖναι, τερπνὸν εἴ τι που πάθοι. ὅτου δ' ἀπορρεῖ μνῆστις εὖ πεπονθότος, οὔπως γένοιτ' ἂν οὗτος εὐγενὴς ἀνήρ. καὶ αὖθις· μήτηρ υἷα λιπόντα μάχην μετὰ πότμον ἑταίρων ἔκτανεν ὠδίνων μνῆστιν ἀνηναμένη.
Betacode
*mnh=stis: mnh/mh. a)ll' i)/sxe ka)mou= mnh=stin. a)ndri/ toi xrew\n mnh/mhn prosei=nai, terpno\n ei)/ ti pou pa/qoi. o(/tou d' a)porrei= mnh=stis eu)= peponqo/tos, ou)/pws ge/noit' a)\n ou(=tos eu)genh\s a)nh/r. kai\ au)=qis: mh/thr ui(=a lipo/nta ma/xhn meta\ po/tmon e(tai/rwn e)/ktanen w)di/nwn mnh=stin a)nhname/nh.
Notes (3)
- 1From the scholia to Homer, Odyssey 13.280, where the headword occurs. ↩
- 2Tecmessa to Ajax at Sophocles, Ajax 520-1, 523-4 (web address 1). The quotation omits line 522:
xa/ris xa/rin ga/r e)stin h( ti/kous' a)ei/ "goodwill is the parent of goodwill always." Note that the headword appears in 520 (and 523) and the lemma's gloss in 521. ↩ - 3Greek Anthology 9.447.1-2 (Julianus of Egypt), on a Spartan mother's justice. For 'destiny' see pi 2136. ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
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Revision history5 revisions · last 12 Sep 2023
- augmented n.3 — Ronald Allen
- fixed note number — Catharine Roth
- more keywords — David Whitehead
- tweaked tr; x-ref — David Whitehead
- augmented notes and keywords; tweaks — David Whitehead
- Translated — Kyle Helms