Νυκτὶ θοῇ ἀτάλαντος

like swift night

Translated by Catharine Roth12 Feb 2006Vetting: high2 revisions

2 notes · 12 words
Homer compares terrible things to night.1 And elsewhere: "[Apollo] went like night."2

Greek original · Adler’s text

Νυκτὶ θοῇ ἀτάλαντος· Ὅμηρος τὰ φοβερὰ νυκτὶ ὁμοιοῖ. καὶ ἀλλαχοῦ· ὁ δ' ἤϊε νυκτὶ ἐοικώς.

Betacode
*nukti\ qoh=| a)ta/lantos: *(/omhros ta\ fobera\ nukti\ o(moioi=. kai\ a)llaxou=: o( d' h)/i+e nukti\ e)oikw/s.

Notes (2)

  1. 1Scholion A on Homer, Iliad 12.463, where the headword phrase occurs, referring to Hector (see web address 1). ↩
  2. 2Homer, Iliad 1.47 (web address 2). ↩

External resources

Neighbouring entries

ν580ΝυκτερίωνοςNukterion's, Nykterion'sν581Νυκτίβιοςnight-living, nocturnalν582Νυκτὶ θοῇ ἀτάλαντοςlike swift nightν583Νυκτικόραξnight-raven, long-eared owlν584Νυκτιλόχοιnight-ambushers
Revision history2 revisions · last 2 Dec 2020
  1. tweaked translation, note, and link — Catharine Roth
  2. Revised — David Whitehead
  3. Translated — Catharine Roth

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