Μεγάνορος πλούτου
[more than] lordly wealth
Translated by Andrew Morrison20 Dec 2002Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Μεγάνορος πλούτου· Πίνδαρος. ἰσχυροῦ, δυνατοῦ, ἀνδρείαν ἐμποιοῦντος· ἐπεὶ μεγάλα δύναται ὁ χρυσός. νεῦρα γὰρ λέγεται πολέμου εἶναι, ὥς φησι Πίνδαρος.
Betacode
*mega/noros plou/tou: *pi/ndaros. i)sxurou=, dunatou=, a)ndrei/an e)mpoiou=ntos: e)pei\ mega/la du/natai o( xruso/s. neu=ra ga\r le/getai pole/mou ei)=nai, w(/s fhsi *pi/ndaros.
Notes (2)
- Likewise or similarly in other lexica (see the references at Photius mu171 Theodoridis), and see n. 2 below.
- 1Pindar, Olympian 1.1-2 (web address 1),
mega/noros e)/coxa plou/tou ["beyond lordly wealth"], describing the pre-eminence of gold. ↩ - 2"Gold/wealth is the sinews of war" is proverbial, and not otherwise attributed to Pindar. The saying is quoted in the Pindar scholia to Olympian 1.4b, Appian (Civil War 4.12.99), Plutarch (Agis and Cleomenes 48.1.1), and nu 266, which quotes George of Pisidia (the seventh-century AD Byzantine poet), Heraclias 1.163-4. George's lines contain the phrase
neu=ra th=s ma/xhs ["sinews of battle"] with reference to wealth; "Pindar" in the present entry is thus surely an error for Pisides. ↩
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Revision history4 revisions · last 9 Nov 2016
- tweaked link — Catharine Roth
- another note; more keywords; tweaking — David Whitehead
- another keyword — David Whitehead
- added keyword; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Andrew Morrison