Οὐλοθυτεῖν
to offer a whole sacrifice, to strew sacred barley
Translated by Catharine Roth24 Jul 2010Vetting: high6 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] to pour barley-groats on the sacrifices. For they used to call the barley-groats ou)lai/ in contrast to the barley-cakes, which were barley ground1 by the mill; for formerly they used to bend2 the barley-groats when eating them, the processing of them having not yet been discovered. And up to the present time those who sacrifice pour barley-groats on the libations, since [they are] a symbol of the ancient food; but the round cakes of the recent era, that is of the subsequent [one].
Greek original · Adler’s text
Οὐλοθυτεῖν· κριθὰς ἐπιχέειν τοῖς θύμασιν. οὐλὰς γὰρ ἔλεγον τὰς κριθὰς κατὰ ἀντίθεσιν τῶν ψαιστῶν, ἅπερ ἦν ἄλφιτα ὑπὸ τῆς μύλης κατεψητισμένα· τὰς γὰρ οὐλὰς πρόσθεν ἐκάμπτοντο ἐσθίοντες, οὐδέπω τῆς κατεργασίας αὐτῶν εὑρημένης. καὶ τὰς μὲν κριθὰς μέχρι νῦν ὅλας χέουσιν οἱ ἐπιθύοντες ταῖς σπονδαῖς, ἐπεὶ σύμβολον τῆς παλαιᾶς τροφῆς· τὰ δὲ πόπανα τῆς ἄρτι ὥρας, τουτέστι τῆς αὖθις.
Betacode
*ou)loqutei=n: kriqa\s e)pixe/ein toi=s qu/masin. ou)la\s ga\r e)/legon ta\s kriqa\s kata\ a)nti/qesin tw=n yaistw=n, a(/per h)=n a)/lfita u(po\ th=s mu/lhs kateyhtisme/na: ta\s ga\r ou)la\s pro/sqen e)ka/mptonto e)sqi/ontes, ou)de/pw th=s katergasi/as au)tw=n eu(rhme/nhs. kai\ ta\s me\n kriqa\s me/xri nu=n o(/las xe/ousin oi( e)piqu/ontes tai=s spondai=s, e)pei\ su/mbolon th=s palaia=s trofh=s: ta\ de\ po/pana th=s a)/rti w(/ras, toute/sti th=s au)=qis.
Notes (2)
- cf. scholia A and D on Homer, Iliad 1.449, where
ou)loxu/tas (sic: accusative plural ofou)loxu/tai ) occurs (web address 1). See also psi 35. - 1Adler reports that ms F reads
kateyhtisme/na (as at psi 35); the other manuscripts havekateyhnisme/na . Various emendations have been suggested, all with essentially the same meaning:kateyhgme/na Stephanus (Henri Estienne);kateyaisme/na Hemsterhuis,kateyhme/na Toup. ↩ - 2Adler reports that ms M offers the variant
e)ka/ptonto "they used to gulp down" and G readse)ko/ptonto ; the editio princeps of Chalcocondyles substituted the active forme)/kopton "they used to chop/pound." ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Linked from2 entries
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Revision history6 revisions · last 28 Feb 2021
- Revised — Catharine Roth
- cosmeticule — Catharine Roth
- my typo — Catharine Roth
- another keyword; tweaking — David Whitehead
- tweaked note 2 — Catharine Roth
- expanded n.1; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth