Μόσχος
Moschos, Moschus
Translated by Malcolm Heath4 Sep 2003Vetting: high2 revisions
Translation
of Syracuse. Grammarian. An acquaintance of Aristarchus.1 He is the second poet after Theocritus, the poet of bucolic dramas.2 He too wrote them.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Μόσχος, Συρακούσιος, γραμματικός, Ἀριστάρχου γνώριμος. οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ δεύτερος ποιητὴς μετὰ Θεόκριτον, τὸν τῶν βουκολικῶν δραμάτων ποιητήν. ἔγραψε καὶ αὐτός.
Betacode
*mo/sxos, *surakou/sios, grammatiko/s, *)arista/rxou gnw/rimos. ou(=to/s e)stin o( deu/teros poihth\s meta\ *qeo/kriton, to\n tw=n boukolikw=n drama/twn poihth/n. e)/graye kai\ au)to/s.
Notes (2)
- C2 BC. RE Moschos(2); PLRE II Moschus.
- 1[alpha 3892] Aristarchus. 'Acquaintance' is used here, as often, in the sense 'pupil'. ↩
- 2[theta 166] Theocritus. ↩
References
A.S.F. Gow, Bucolici Graeci (Oxford 1952 and reprints) 132-152
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Revision history2 revisions · last 27 May 2013
- more keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- augmented note and keywords; added bibliography; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Malcolm Heath