Μυῖα

Muia, Fly

Translated by David Whitehead30 Sep 2001Vetting: high5 revisions

13 words

Translation

A Spartan woman, a female poet. [She wrote] hymns to Apollo and Artemis.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Μυῖα, Σπαρτιάτις, ποιήτρια. ὕμνους εἰς Ἀπόλλωνα καὶ Ἄρτεμιν.

Betacode
*mui=a, *spartia/tis, poih/tria. u(/mnous ei)s *)apo/llwna kai\ *)/artemin. 

Notes

  1. Poralla/Bradford, A Prosopography of Lacedaemonians no.42. Clement of Alexandria mentions a poetess Myia (along with Corinna, Telesilla, and Sappho) at Stromata 4.19.122. For the name cf. mu 1361 and mu 1363.

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Revision history5 revisions · last 28 May 2013
  1. another keyword — David Whitehead
  2. typo — David Whitehead
  3. augmented note with information provided by Andres Rodriguez Cumplido — Catharine Roth
  4. Revised — David Whitehead
  5. cosmetic — Catharine Roth
  6. Translated — David Whitehead

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