Νεβρίς
fawnskin
Translated by David Whitehead11 Aug 2009Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
"[...] with her ivied fawnskin wrapped round her chest."1
Greek original · Adler’s text
Νεβρίς. κισσωτὴν στέρνοις νεβρίδ' ἀναπτομένη.
Betacode
*nebri/s. kisswth\n ste/rnois nebri/d' a)naptome/nh.
Notes (1)
- See already nu 124 (and under nu 123).
- 1Greek Anthology 6.172.4 (author unknown), a Bacchante's dedication to Dionysus; cf. Page (326-328) and further extracts from this epigram at alpha 2220, delta 1033, eta 415, lambda 665, nu 125, and pi 1316. The poet has taken some license here: Bacchantes dressed in fawnskins, wore crowns of ivy, and wrapped vines around their thyrsuses, but, as Page explains (327), "...there is no such thing as an 'ivied fawnskin'". ↩
References
D.L. Page, ed., Further Greek Epigrams, (Cambridge 1981)
Linked from6 entries
- α2220Ἀνέδηνfreely[Meaning] abundantly, without hindrance, excessively, ad lib. Arrian [writes]: "they positioned guards by the wells, so that no one could freely fetch water as he liked, but all the water was drawn to be collected for…
- δ1033Δίθυρσονdouble-thyrsusArrian [writes]: "the double-thyrsus, the spear and the anklet, with which she freely raved, whenever she went to Dionysus".
- η415ᾘωρημένωraised-up[Meaning they were both] hung-up. Also [sc. attested is] h)|w/rhsen ["raised up"], [meaning he/she/it] hung up, fastened up. In the Epigrams: "for you, o Dionysus, [Porphyris] raised up these ornaments of beauty and…
- λ665Λογχωτόνlance-headedIn the Epigrams: "and this lance-headed double thyrsus and the anklet".
- ν123ΝεβρίζωνfawnskinningDemosthenes [in the speech] For Ktesiphon [sc. uses the word]. Some [understand this] as the initiator donning a fawnskin and robing the initiands in fawnskins, [while others relate it] to tearing fawns apart in…
- ν124ΝεβρίςfawnskinThe skin of a deer. In the Epigrams: "your Pan dedicates to you [sc. Dionysus] his club and fawnskins".
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Revision history5 revisions · last 8 Jul 2023
- expanded n.1, added bibliography, added cross-references — Ronald Allen
- tweaked note — Catharine Roth
- Revised — David Whitehead
- another keyword — David Whitehead
- cosmetics, status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — David Whitehead