Νεμέσια
Nemesia, Nemeseia
Translated by David Whitehead10 Dec 2000Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
Demosthenes in the [speech] Against Spoudias [sc. mentions it].1 Perhaps a particular festival of Nemesis, at which they used to perform the customary rites for the dead.
So [the] Nemesia [was] the celebration held for the dead, since nemesis is assigned to the dead.
So [the] Nemesia [was] the celebration held for the dead, since nemesis is assigned to the dead.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Νεμέσια· Δημοσθένης ἐν τῷ κατὰ Σπουδίου. μήποτε ἑορτή τις Νεμέσεως, καθ' ἣν τοῖς κατοιχομένοις ἐπετέλουν τὰ νομιζόμενα. Νεμέσια οὖν ἡ ἐπὶ τοῖς νεκροῖς γινομένη πανήγυρις, ἐπεὶ ἡ νέμεσις ἐπὶ τῶν νεκρῶν τέτακται.
Betacode
*neme/sia: *dhmosqe/nhs e)n tw=| kata\ *spoudi/ou. mh/pote e(orth/ tis *neme/sews, kaq' h(\n toi=s katoixome/nois e)pete/loun ta\ nomizo/mena. *neme/sia ou)=n h( e)pi\ toi=s nekroi=s ginome/nh panh/guris, e)pei\ h( ne/mesis e)pi\ tw=n nekrw=n te/taktai.
Notes (1)
- The first paragraph here follows Harpokration s.v. (via Photius nu108 Theodoridis); the second Photius nu107 Theodoridis.
- 1Demosthenes 41.11. ↩
References
OCD4 Nemesis
Neighbouring entries
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