Μύξα
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Translation
[Meaning] the substance excreted of [= from] the head.1 Hence also [sc. comes the term] mucwth/r ["nostril"], the part of the body. Muxa is also a word for the [wick] of a lamp.
In the Epigrams: "to the god of Kanopos2 Kallistion, the wife of Kritias, dedicated me, a lamp rich in twenty wicks, [...]; when you see my lights you will say 'Hesperos, how you fell!'."3
In the Epigrams: "to the god of Kanopos2 Kallistion, the wife of Kritias, dedicated me, a lamp rich in twenty wicks, [...]; when you see my lights you will say 'Hesperos, how you fell!'."3
Greek original · Adler’s text
Μύξα· τὸ περίττωμα τῆς κεφαλῆς. ἔνθεν καὶ Μυξωτήρ, τὸ μέρος τοῦ σώματος. λέγεται μύξα καὶ τὸ τοῦ λύχνου. ἐν Ἐπιγράμμασι· τῷ με Κανωπίτᾳ Καλλίστιον εἴκοσι μύξαις πλούσιον, ἡ Κριτίου, λύχνιον ἔθηκε θεῷ· ἐς δ' ἐμὰ φέγγη ἀθρήσας, φήσεις, Ἕσπερε, πῶς ἔπεσες;
Betacode
*mu/ca: to\ peri/ttwma th=s kefalh=s. e)/nqen kai\ *mucwth/r, to\ me/ros tou= sw/matos. le/getai mu/ca kai\ to\ tou= lu/xnou. e)n *)epigra/mmasi: tw=| me *kanwpi/ta| *kalli/stion ei)/kosi mu/cais plou/sion, h( *kriti/ou, lu/xnion e)/qhke qew=|: e)s d' e)ma\ fe/ggh a)qrh/sas, fh/seis, *(/espere, pw=s e)/peses;
Notes (3)
- 1cf. kappa 2120. ↩
- 2Serapis. On the Egyptian city of Kanopos, see kappa 319. ↩
- 3Greek Anthology 6.148.1-4, attributed to Callimachus (abridged); cf. Gow and Page (vol. I, 61) and (vol. II, 173-174). For Hesperos see epsilon 3187. ↩
References
A.S.F. Gow and D.L. Page, eds., The Greek Anthology: Hellenistic Epigrams, vol. I, (Cambridge, 1965)
A.S.F. Gow and D.L. Page, eds., The Greek Anthology: Hellenistic Epigrams, vol. II, (Cambridge, 1965)
A.S.F. Gow and D.L. Page, eds., The Greek Anthology: Hellenistic Epigrams, vol. II, (Cambridge, 1965)
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Revision history5 revisions · last 15 Sep 2021
- added cross-reference n.2; expanded n.3, added bibliography — Ronald Allen
- tweaked note — Catharine Roth
- Revised — David Whitehead
- another x-ref — David Whitehead
- cosmetics, status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — David Whitehead