Ὠφελείας
profits
Translated by David Whitehead11 Sep 2005Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
[Meaning items that are] needs, the seizure of the spoils. "Publius [Scipio] entered the city and gave orders to kill everyone they encountered, with no-one spared, but not to make a start on the profits until he gave the word".1
In the Epigrams [it is found] with an iota: "thus you might reap the profit of air".2 [This is] because of the meter.
In the Epigrams [it is found] with an iota: "thus you might reap the profit of air".2 [This is] because of the meter.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ὠφελείας· χρείας, τὴν διαρπαγὴν τῶν λαφύρων. ὁ δὲ Πόπλιος εἰσελθὼν εἰς τὴν πόλιν ἐκέλευσε κτείνειν ἅπαντα τὸν παρατυχόντα καὶ μηδενὸς φείδεσθαι μηδὲ πρὸς τὰς ὠφελείας ὁρμᾶν, μέχρις ἂν ἀποδοθῇ τὸ σύνθημα. ἐν δὲ Ἐπιγράμμασι διὰ τοῦ ι· ὧδε νέμοις ἠέρος ὠφελίην. διὰ τὸ μέτρον.
Betacode
*)wfelei/as: xrei/as, th\n diarpagh\n tw=n lafu/rwn. o( de\ *po/plios ei)selqw\n ei)s th\n po/lin e)ke/leuse ktei/nein a(/panta to\n paratuxo/nta kai\ mhdeno\s fei/desqai mhde\ pro\s ta\s w)felei/as o(rma=n, me/xris a)\n a)podoqh=| to\ su/nqhma. e)n de\ *)epigra/mmasi dia\ tou= i: w(=de ne/mois h)e/ros w)feli/hn. dia\ to\ me/tron.
Notes (2)
- The headword, a feminine noun in the accusative plural, is presumably extracted from the quotation given.
- 1An approximation of Polybius 10.15.4 (web address 1), on Scipio at Carthago Nova. ↩
- 2Greek Anthology 6.187.6. (with 'with which' for the present 'thus'). See another excerpt from this epigram, together with comments on its attribution, at sigma 1002. ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
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Revision history5 revisions · last 18 Apr 2023
- tweaked link — Catharine Roth
- added cross-reference n.2 — Ronald Allen
- Revised — David Whitehead
- expanded n.1 — David Whitehead
- cosmetics, link, status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — David Whitehead