Ὁμηρίδαι
Homeridai, Homeridae, Homerids
Translated by Malcolm Heath13 Dec 2000Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
Those who perform Homer's poems. Others [sc. define the term as] a family in Chios named after the poet. But others say that this opinion is erroneous, since they get their name from pledges [homera]. For the women of Chios once went mad during the festival of Dionysos, and fought a battle against their menfolk; they stopped [only] after they had exchanged as pledges bridegrooms and brides, whose descendants they call 'Homeridai'.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ὁμηρίδαι· οἱ τὰ Ὁμήρου ὑποκρινόμενοι. οἱ δὲ γένος ἐν Χίῳ ἀπὸ τοῦ ποιητοῦ ὠνομασμένον· ἄλλοι δέ φασιν ἁμαρτάνειν τοὺς οὕτω νομίζοντας· ὠνομάσθαι γὰρ ἀπὸ τῶν ὁμήρων· ἐπεὶ αἱ γυναῖκές ποτε τῶν Χίων ἐν Διονυσίοις παραφρονήσασαι εἰς μάχην ἦλθον τοῖς ἀνδράσι, καὶ δόντες ἀλλήλοις ὅμηρα νυμφίους καὶ νύμφας ἐπαύσαντο· ὧν τοὺς ἀπογόνους Ὁμηρίδας λέγουσιν.
Betacode
*(omhri/dai: oi( ta\ *(omh/rou u(pokrino/menoi. oi( de\ ge/nos e)n *xi/w| a)po\ tou= poihtou= w)nomasme/non: a)/lloi de/ fasin a(marta/nein tou\s ou(/tw nomi/zontas: w)noma/sqai ga\r a)po\ tw=n o(mh/rwn: e)pei\ ai( gunai=ke/s pote tw=n *xi/wn e)n *dionusi/ois parafronh/sasai ei)s ma/xhn h)=lqon toi=s a)ndra/si, kai\ do/ntes a)llh/lois o(/mhra numfi/ous kai\ nu/mfas e)pau/santo: w(=n tou\s a)pogo/nous *(omhri/das le/gousin.
Notes
- An abridgement of Harpokration s.v., prompted by Isocrates 10.65, and citing a variety of other writers, mainly historians (their names omitted here).
References
OCD(4) 700
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Revision history5 revisions · last 11 Jan 2021
- coding — Catharine Roth
- updated a ref — David Whitehead
- more keywords; cosmetics; raised status — David Whitehead
- added keywords — David Whitehead
- modified translation; added note and bibliography; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Malcolm Heath