Ὄλπη
oil-flask
Translated by David Whitehead6 Dec 2009Vetting: high6 revisions
Translation
A lekythos.1 In effect being a sort of e)laio/ph ,2 because of the oil [e)/laion ] being monitored [o)pipeu/esqai ] through it.3
"Since this is your birthday, [son of Simon], Krinagoras sends me with a happy heart as a present to the house of a very dear comrade: an oil-flask of bronze, but just like silver, made in India."4
"Since this is your birthday, [son of Simon], Krinagoras sends me with a happy heart as a present to the house of a very dear comrade: an oil-flask of bronze, but just like silver, made in India."4
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ὄλπη· ἡ λήκυθος. οἱονεὶ ἐλαιόπη τις οὖσα, διὰ τὸ δι' αὐτῆς ὀπιπεύεσθαι τὸ ἔλαιον. ἐν Ἐπιγράμμασι· χάλκεον ἀργυρέῳ με πανείκελον, Ἰνδικὸν ἔργον, ὄλπην ἡδίστου ξείνιον εἰς ἑτάρου, ἦμαρ ἐπεὶ τόδε σεῖο γενέθλιον, πέμπει γηθομένῃ σὺν φρενὶ Κριναγόρης.
Betacode
*)/olph: h( lh/kuqos. oi(onei\ e)laio/ph tis ou)=sa, dia\ to\ di' au)th=s o)pipeu/esqai to\ e)/laion. e)n *)epigra/mmasi: xa/lkeon a)rgure/w| me panei/kelon, *)indiko\n e)/rgon, o)/lphn h(di/stou cei/nion ei)s e(ta/rou, h)=mar e)pei\ to/de sei=o gene/qlion, pe/mpei ghqome/nh| su\n freni\ *krinago/rhs.
Notes (4)
- According to LSJ s.v., the olpe is an oil-flask made of leather -- but not in the instance illustrated here, evidently.
For the headword, see also under epsilon 3944. - 1Similarly in scholia on Theocritus and Nicander; and cf. generally lambda 436, lambda 438, lambda 439. ↩
- 2i.e. not so much olpe as oil-pe. ↩
- 3Similarly in other lexica. ↩
- 4Greek Anthology 6.261 (Crinagoras), the poet's gift to a friend's son; cf. Gow and Page, vol. I (200-201) and vol. II (216). As Gow and Page note (vol. I, 201), here the Anthologia Palatina (AP) transmits
ei)diko\n (specific, special), whereas Gow and Page (ibid.) and the Suda follow the AP scribe designated C (the Corrector) in reading*)indiko\n. (Indian, from India, made in India). ↩
References
A.S.F. Gow and D.L. Page, The Greek Anthology: The Garland of Philip, vol. I, (Cambridge, 1968)
A.S.F. Gow and D.L. Page, The Greek Anthology: The Garland of Philip, vol. II, (Cambridge, 1968)
A.S.F. Gow and D.L. Page, The Greek Anthology: The Garland of Philip, vol. II, (Cambridge, 1968)
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Revision history6 revisions · last 13 Sep 2022
- coding — Catharine Roth
- expanded n.4, added bibliography, added keyword — Ronald Allen
- tweaked note — Catharine Roth
- Revised — David Whitehead
- another x-ref — David Whitehead
- set status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — David Whitehead