Οὐρανόμηκες
heaven-high
Translated by Ronald Allen20 Aug 2010Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Οὐρανόμηκες· μέγιστον. κλέος οὐρανόμηκες ἐν βροτοῖς ἕξων. παρὰ τό, ἐπουράνιον κλέος εἴη.
Betacode
*ou)rano/mhkes: me/giston. kle/os ou)rano/mhkes e)n brotoi=s e(/cwn. para\ to/, e)poura/nion kle/os ei)/h.
Notes (3)
- 1The headword, extracted from the quotation given, is a neuter adjective in the nominative/accusative singular; see generally LSJ s.v.
ou)ranomh/khs, -es . ↩ - 2Aristophanes, Clouds 460-1 (web address 1), where the Chorus makes this promise to Strepsiades if he can but learn from them. The original concept of sky-high glory, however, is Homeric (Dover, p. 160); see next note. ↩
- 3For this possible reward, at Homer, Iliad 10.212 (web address 2), Nestor entices Diomedes [Author, Myth] and Odysseus to venture out on a night-time raid. ↩
References
K.J. Dover, ed., Aristophanes Clouds, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1968
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
- Web address 2 perseus.tufts.edu
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Revision history3 revisions · last 1 Aug 2013
- Revised — David Whitehead
- pruned notes, upgraded link — Catharine Roth
- another keyword; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Ronald Allen