Μελάμπους
Melampous, Melampus
Translated by Nick Nicholas9 May 2009Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Μελάμπους· μαντικῆς εἰδήμων. ὁ δὲ σύμβολος Μελάμποδος ἢ Πόλλητος ἐδέετο. οὗτοι δὲ ἦσαν ἄριστοι κρίνειν τὰ μέλλοντα.
Betacode
*mela/mpous: mantikh=s ei)dh/mwn. o( de\ su/mbolos *mela/mpodos h)\ *po/llhtos e)de/eto. ou(=toi de\ h)=san a)/ristoi kri/nein ta\ me/llonta.
Notes (3)
- 1Legendary soothsayer, mentioned in e.g. Homer, Odyssey 15.225; Herodotus 2.49. See generally Jan N. Bremmer in OCD4 s.v. Melampus(1). ↩
- 2Also quoted under sigma 1376. Attributed by Bernhardy to Aelian, but probably (as Adler) a careless approximation of Marinus, Life of Proclus lines 265-267 Masullo: "who could ever be a clearer councillor than him, someone who was no lesser than Polles or Melampus or their like in judgement?" ↩
- 3Adler suggests this comment might come from a scholion on Gregory of Nazianzus; cf. PG 36.1009b. (Note however that at sigma 1376 this statement is differently worded and appears to be connected -- by
ga/r , notde/ -- with the remark about Melampus and Polles.) ↩
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Revision history5 revisions · last 9 Aug 2014
- Revised — David Whitehead
- expanded n.3 — David Whitehead
- Revised — David Whitehead
- augmented n.1; more keywords; tweaks — David Whitehead
- added note and keywords, set status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — Nick Nicholas