Μύδρος
block of iron, anvil
Translated by Catharine Roth4 Jul 2003Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
A bright mass of iron, heated in the fire.1
"Anaxagoras used to say that the sun was a fiery mass of red-hot metal, and because of this he risked death."2 This philosopher said that the sun was a fiery mass of red-hot metal and larger than the Peloponnese.3
"Anaxagoras used to say that the sun was a fiery mass of red-hot metal, and because of this he risked death."2 This philosopher said that the sun was a fiery mass of red-hot metal and larger than the Peloponnese.3
Greek original · Adler’s text
Μύδρος· σίδηρος ἀργός, πεπυρακτωμένος. ἠέλιον πυρόεντα μύδρον ποτὲ φάσκεν ὑπάρχειν, καὶ διὰ τοῦτο θανεῖν μέλλεν Ἀναξαγόρας. οὗτος ὁ φιλόσοφος τὸν ἥλιον μύδρον ἔλεγεν εἶναι διάπυρον καὶ μείζω τῆς Πελοποννήσου.
Betacode
*mu/dros: si/dhros a)rgo/s, pepuraktwme/nos. h)e/lion puro/enta mu/dron pote\ fa/sken u(pa/rxein, kai\ dia\ tou=to qanei=n me/llen *)anacago/ras. ou(=tos o( filo/sofos to\n h(/lion mu/dron e)/legen ei)=nai dia/puron kai\ mei/zw th=s *peloponnh/sou.
Notes (3)
- For such mudroi in an historical anecdote see phi 635.
- 1Similar comment in other lexica (e.g. Hesychius mu1782) and various scholia. ↩
- 2Diogenes Laertius 2.15: the first couplet of DL's epigram about Anaxagoras (alpha 1981), which is Greek Anthology 7.95.1-2. ↩
- 3Diogenes Laertius 2.8. ↩
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Revision history3 revisions · last 26 Sep 2020
- cosmeticule — Catharine Roth
- another note; more keywords — David Whitehead
- modified headword; modified and augmented notes; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth