Μυῖα
Muia, Fly
Translated by Catharine Roth18 Mar 2002Vetting: high2 revisions
Translation
From Thespiae,1 lyric poetess. [She wrote] songs arranged for the lyre.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Μυῖα, Θεσπιακή, λυρική. μέλη πρὸς λύραν ἁρμόζοντα.
Betacode
*mui=a, *qespiakh/, lurikh/. me/lh pro\s lu/ran a(rmo/zonta.
Notes (1)
- Muia was a nickname for Corinna: see kappa 2087 (with references and links), kappa 2088, kappa 2089.
For this name cf. mu 1362, mu 1363. - 1In Boeotia (central Greece). ↩
Linked from4 entries
- κ2087ΚορίνναKorinna, Corinna[Daughter] of Akheloiodoros and Prokratia; from Thebes or Tanagra; a pupil of Myrtis; she was nicknamed Muia ["Fly"]. Lyric poetess. She is said to have defeated Pindar [sc. in competition] five times. She wrote 5…
- κ2089ΚορίνναKorinna, CorinnaA younger [Corinna], Theban, lyric poetess, who was also called Muia ["Fly"].
- μ1362ΜυῖαMuia, FlyA Spartan woman, a female poet. [She wrote] hymns to Apollo and Artemis.
- μ1365Μυίας δάκρυονMuia's tear[A proverbial phrase which originated] because of the Thebans' criminality towards the oracle at Dodona -- from which there also arose the [proverb] "may you consult the oracle among Boiotians". For they too behaved…
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Revision history2 revisions · last 28 May 2013
- more x-refs; another keyword; tweaking — David Whitehead
- added note — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth