Μοῦσαι καλαὶ κ' Ἄπολλον οἷς ἐγὼ σπένδω
lovely Muses and Apollo to whom I make libation
Translated by Catharine Roth3 Oct 2004Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Μοῦσαι καλαὶ κ' Ἄπολλον, οἷς ἐγὼ σπένδω· σύνταξις κατ' ἐπικράτειαν τοῦ ἄρρενος, ὥσπερ καὶ παρὰ Σοφοκλεῖ· λύγδην ἔκλαιον πάντες. δύο θηλειῶν οὐσῶν καὶ ἑνὸς ἄρρενος, Οἰδίποδος καὶ τῶν δύο ἀδελφῶν. αἱ Μοῦσαι δὲ πτερῷ Σειρήνων ἐστεφανοῦντο.
Betacode
*mou=sai kalai\ k' *)/apollon, oi(=s e)gw\ spe/ndw: su/ntacis kat' e)pikra/teian tou= a)/rrenos, w(/sper kai\ para\ *sofoklei=: lu/gdhn e)/klaion pa/ntes. du/o qhleiw=n ou)sw=n kai\ e(no\s a)/rrenos, *oi)di/podos kai\ tw=n du/o a)delfw=n. ai( *mou=sai de\ pterw=| *seirh/nwn e)stefanou=nto.
Notes (2)
- The headword phrase is Callimachus, Iambi fr.203 Pfeiffer.
- 1Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus 1621 (web address 1, cf. lambda 767), with scholia. In the headword phrase the relative pronoun is masculine plural, referring to the Muses and Apollo, as in Sophocles the masculine plural adjective modifies two women and one man. ↩
- 2Attributed by Jonathan Toup (1713-1785) to the scholia on Lycophron, Alexandra 653, which refer to the Muses' wings. ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
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Revision history3 revisions · last 29 May 2013
- upgraded link, coding — Catharine Roth
- Revised — David Whitehead
- augmented notes and keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth