Μελύδριον Ἰωνικόν
little Ionian ditty
Translated by David Whitehead9 Mar 2006Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
Meaning a sensuous [one]; for Ionians [were] like that. Aristophanes [writes]: "[Muses,] come here to my mouth1 when you have devised some little ditty of the Ionian sort".
Greek original · Adler’s text
Μελύδριον Ἰωνικόν· ἀντὶ τοῦ τρυφηλόν· τοιοῦτοι γὰρ Ἴωνες. Ἀριστοφάνης· δεῦρ' ἴτ' ἐπὶ τοὐμὸν στέμμα μελύδριον εὑροῦσαί τι τῶν Ἰωνικῶν.
Betacode
*melu/drion *)iwniko/n: a)nti\ tou= trufhlo/n: toiou=toi ga\r *)/iwnes. *)aristofa/nhs: deu=r' i)/t' e)pi\ tou)mo\n ste/mma melu/drion eu(rou=sai/ ti tw=n *)iwnikw=n.
Notes (1)
- Aristophanes, Ecclesiazusae 882-3 (web address 1), with comment from the scholia there.
- 1The Suda has
ste/mma ('garland') for what should besto/ma here. ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Neighbouring entries
Revision history4 revisions · last 15 May 2013
- Revised — David Whitehead
- tweaked n.1 — David Whitehead
- typo — Catharine Roth
- added web ref., keyword, set status — Antonella Ippolito
- Translated — David Whitehead