Νεκυία
Nekuia
Translated by Catharine Roth26 Oct 2005Vetting: high10 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Νεκυία· ἡ τῶν νεκρῶν ἑορτή, φρουδίγα παρὰ Πέρσαις, Ἑλληνικὴ νεκυία. καὶ Νεκυοστόλος, ὁ τοὺς νεκροὺς διαπερῶν. τὸν κύνα Διογένην, νεκυοστόλε, δέξαι πορθμεῦ, γυμνώσαντα βίου παντὸς ἐπισκύνιον.
Betacode
*nekui/a: h( tw=n nekrw=n e(orth/, froudi/ga para\ *pe/rsais, *(ellhnikh\ nekui/a. kai\ *nekuosto/los, o( tou\s nekrou\s diaperw=n. to\n ku/na *dioge/nhn, nekuosto/le, de/cai porqmeu=, gumnw/santa bi/ou panto\s e)pisku/nion.
Notes (3)
- On the Persian festival of the dead, Fravardīgān, see Boyce (122-123).
- 1Part of Menander Protector fr. 9.1 Blockley (98-99). See further excerpts from this fragment at alpha 3048, alpha 4374, epsilon 958, iota 449, omicron 346, pi 375, and upsilon 69. ↩
- 2i.e. Charon [Author, Myth] (chi 135, chi 140) ↩
- 3Greek Anthology 7.63 (author unknown); cf. epsilon 2591 and note thereto on the epigram's ascription. On Diogenes the Cynic, see delta 1141, delta 1143, and delta 1144. ↩
References
M. Boyce, A History of Zoroastrianism, vol. I, (Leiden 1989)
R.C. Blockley, ed. and trans., The History of Menander the Guardsman, (Cambridge 1985)
R.C. Blockley, ed. and trans., The History of Menander the Guardsman, (Cambridge 1985)
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Revision history10 revisions · last 24 Oct 2024
- added cross-references n.1 — Ronald Allen
- added primary note and bibliography item — Ronald Allen
- added bibliography n.1 — Ronald Allen
- expanded n.3, tweaked attribution, added cross-reference — Ronald Allen
- tweaked note — Catharine Roth
- Revised — David Whitehead
- updated a ref — David Whitehead
- further modified the translation — Catharine Roth
- modified translation at Hutton's suggestion — Catharine Roth
- tweaked tr; augmented notes and keywords — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth