Οὐρανία ἄχνη
heavenly froth
Translated by Catharine Roth26 May 2004Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] dew. "The narcissus with beautiful clusters flourishes daily, [fed] by the heavenly froth."1
Greek original · Adler’s text
Οὐρανία ἄχνη· ἡ δρόσος. θάλλει δ' οὐρανίας ὑπ' ἄχνης ὁ καλλίβοτρυς κατ' ἦμαρ ἀεὶ νάρκισσος.
Betacode
*ou)rani/a a)/xnh: h( dro/sos. qa/llei d' ou)rani/as u(p' a)/xnhs o( kalli/botrus kat' h)=mar a)ei\ na/rkissos.
Notes (1)
- 1Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus 681-3 (web address 1), with the gloss from the scholia there. For 'froth' cf. generally alpha 4705. ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
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Revision history3 revisions · last 2 Aug 2013
- restored link — Catharine Roth
- Revised — David Whitehead
- modified translation; augmented note — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth