Μουσαῖος
Mousaios, Musaeus
Translated by David Whitehead8 Dec 2000Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
A philosopher among Hellenes.
Lysias in the speech - if genuine - Reply to the indictment of Mixidemos [writes]: "and he has two [slave-]boys in attendance, one of whom he calls Mousaios, the other Hesiod".1 That the man on trial gave the slaves these names purposely [is] clear. But concerning [sc. the original] Mousaios, some have said that the man [came] from Thrace, others that he is a native [Athenian], from Eleusis.
Lysias in the speech - if genuine - Reply to the indictment of Mixidemos [writes]: "and he has two [slave-]boys in attendance, one of whom he calls Mousaios, the other Hesiod".1 That the man on trial gave the slaves these names purposely [is] clear. But concerning [sc. the original] Mousaios, some have said that the man [came] from Thrace, others that he is a native [Athenian], from Eleusis.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Μουσαῖος· παρ' Ἕλλησι φιλόσοφος. Λυσίας πρὸς τὴν Μιξιδήμου γραφήν, [εἰ] γνήσιος· καὶ δύο παῖδας αὐτῷ ἀκολούθους εἶναι, ὧν οὗτος τὸν μὲν Μουσαῖον καλεῖ, τὸν δὲ Ἡσίοδον. ὅτι ὁ μὲν κρινόμενος ἐπετήδευε τοὺς οἰκέτας τοῦτο καλεῖν δῆλον. περὶ δὲ Μουσαίου οἱ μὲν ἐκ Θρᾴκης εἰρήκασι τὸν ἄνδρα εἶναι, οἱ δὲ αὐτόχθονα ἐξ Ἐλευσῖνος.
Betacode
*mousai=os: par' *(/ellhsi filo/sofos. *lusi/as pro\s th\n *micidh/mou grafh/n, [ei)] gnh/sios: kai\ du/o pai=das au)tw=| a)kolou/qous ei)=nai, w(=n ou(=tos to\n me\n *mousai=on kalei=, to\n de\ *(hsi/odon. o(/ti o( me\n krino/menos e)peth/deue tou\s oi)ke/tas tou=to kalei=n dh=lon. peri\ de\ *mousai/ou oi( me\n e)k *qra/|khs ei)rh/kasi to\n a)/ndra ei)=nai, oi( de\ au)to/xqona e)c *)eleusi=nos.
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- Revised — David Whitehead
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- modified translation, augmented note, cosmetics, added keywords, set status — William Hutton
- Translated — David Whitehead