Μουσαῖος

Mousaios, Musaeus

Translated by David Whitehead8 Aug 2006Vetting: high3 revisions

1 note · 24 words

Translation

of Thebes; son of Thamyras, the son of Philammon;1 a melic poet, who lived long before the Trojan War. He wrote melics and songs.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Μουσαῖος, Θηβαῖος, Θαμύρα υἱός, τοῦ Φιλάμμωνος, μελοποιός, γεγονὼς πολλῷ πρὸ τῶν Τρωϊκῶν. ἔγραψε μέλη καὶ ᾄσματα.

Betacode
*mousai=os, *qhbai=os, *qamu/ra ui(o/s, tou= *fila/mmwnos, melopoio/s, gegonw\s pollw=| pro\ tw=n *trwi+kw=n. e)/graye me/lh kai\ a)/|smata. 

Notes (1)

  1. 1For Thamyras (a Thracian) see theta 41. Philammon is phi 300. ↩

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Revision history3 revisions · last 27 May 2013
  1. Revised — David Whitehead
  2. another x-ref — David Whitehead
  3. set status — Catharine Roth
  4. Translated — David Whitehead

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