Ὧραι

Horai

Translated by David Whitehead1 Jan 2004Vetting: high4 revisions

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A book by Prodicus [was] entitled Horai. In it he depicted Heracles encountering virtue and vice: each of them calls him to behave like her; Heracles opts for virtue, judging her exertions preferable to the sweet opportunities offered by vice.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ὧραι· Προδίκου βιβλίον ἐπιγραφόμενον Ὧραι, ἐν ᾧ πεποίηκε τὸν Ἡρακλέα τῇ ἀρετῇ καὶ τῇ κακίᾳ συντυγχάνοντα, καὶ καλούσης ἑκατέρας ἐπὶ τὰ ἤθη αὐτῆς, προσκλῖναι τῇ ἀρετῇ τὸν Ἡρακλέα καὶ τοὺς ἐκείνης ἱδρῶτας προκρῖναι τῶν προσκαίρων τῆς κακίας ἡδονῶν.

Betacode
*(=wrai: *prodi/kou bibli/on e)pigrafo/menon *(=wrai, e)n w(=| pepoi/hke to\n *(hrakle/a th=| a)reth=| kai\ th=| kaki/a| suntugxa/nonta, kai\ kalou/shs e(kate/ras e)pi\ ta\ h)/qh au)th=s, proskli=nai th=| a)reth=| to\n *(hrakle/a kai\ tou\s e)kei/nhs i(drw=tas prokri=nai tw=n proskai/rwn th=s kaki/as h(donw=n.

Notes

  1. From the scholia to Aristophanes, Clouds 361, where Prodicus (pi 2365, pi 2366) is mentioned.
    For the fullest synopsis of the Horai (a title whose meaning is obscure) see Xenophon, Memorabilia 2.1.21-34 (= Prodicus fr.2 Diels-Kranz).

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Revision history4 revisions · last 8 Aug 2011
  1. more keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
  2. another keyword — David Whitehead
  3. another keyword — David Whitehead
  4. cosmetics, status — Catharine Roth
  5. Translated — David Whitehead

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