Μάμας
Mamas
Translated by Kostas Zafeiris8 Feb 2004Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
In the [vicinity of] St Mamas there was a large bridge, with twelve arches; for many waters were coming down. There too was a bronze dragon standing, because it was thought that a dragon used to inhabit there; also, many virgins were sacrificed there. For a certain Basiliskos, who was [a relative] of Numerian Caesar,1 fell in love with the place and settled in there and built a temple; all these were destroyed by Zeno.2
And the vocative [is] o Maman.
And the vocative [is] o Maman.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Μάμας· ὅτι ἐν τῷ ἁγίῳ Μάμαντι γέφυρα ἦν μεγάλη, ιβʹ καμάρας ἔχουσα· ὕδατα γὰρ κατήρχοντο πολλά. ἔνθα καὶ δράκων ἵστατο χαλκοῦς, διὰ τὸ δοκεῖν δράκοντα οἰκεῖν ἐκεῖσε· ἔνθα καὶ πολλαὶ παρθένοι ἐτύθησαν. Βασιλίσκος γάρ τις ἐρασθεὶς τοῦ τόπου, ὃς ἦν Νουμεριανοῦ Καίσαρος, ἐκεῖσε κατῴκησε καὶ ναὸν ἤγειρεν· ἅπερ Ζήνων κατέλυσεν. καὶ ἐπὶ κλητικῆς ὦ Μάμαν.
Betacode
*ma/mas: o(/ti e)n tw=| a(gi/w| *ma/manti ge/fura h)=n mega/lh, ib# kama/ras e)/xousa: u(/data ga\r kath/rxonto polla/. e)/nqa kai\ dra/kwn i(/stato xalkou=s, dia\ to\ dokei=n dra/konta oi)kei=n e)kei=se: e)/nqa kai\ pollai\ parqe/noi e)tu/qhsan. *basili/skos ga/r tis e)rasqei\s tou= to/pou, o(\s h)=n *noumerianou= *kai/saros, e)kei=se katw/|khse kai\ nao\n h)/geiren: a(/per *zh/nwn kate/lusen. kai\ e)pi\ klhtikh=s w)= *ma/man.
Notes (2)
References
Cameron, A. and J. Herrin, eds. Constantinople in the early eighth century: the Parastaseis syntomoi chronikai (Leiden, 1984).
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Revision history5 revisions · last 17 May 2016
- coding — David Whitehead
- Revised — David Whitehead
- more keywords — David Whitehead
- more keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- cosmetics, cross-references, status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — Kostas Zafeiris