Οἰστροπλῆγα
driven mad with passion
Translated by Jennifer Benedict8 Jun 2004Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Οἰστροπλῆγα· τῇ μανίᾳ πεπληγότα. εἴρηται δὲ ἀπὸ τοῦ οἴστρου, ὅς ἐστι μυῖα ὑπόχαλκος, ἐγχρίμπτουσα ἐν τῷ καύματι τοῖς βουσὶ καὶ ποιοῦσα ἐλαύνεσθαι.
Betacode
*oi)stroplh=ga: th=| mani/a| peplhgo/ta. ei)/rhtai de\ a)po\ tou= oi)/strou, o(/s e)sti mui=a u(po/xalkos, e)gxri/mptousa e)n tw=| kau/mati toi=s bousi\ kai\ poiou=sa e)lau/nesqai.
Notes (2)
- cf. generally omicroniota 178, omicroniota 179, omicroniota 181
- 1The headword is accusative singular of
oi)stroplh/c ; cf. the scholia to Sophocles, Electra 5, where the genitive singular occurs (web address 1). ↩ - 2cf. the scholia to Homer, Odyssey 22.300, a verse containing the word "gadfly" [
oi)=stros ]. ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Linked from3 entries
- μ1430Μύωψhorse-fly; goad, spur[Meaning] the gadfly. A kind of fly which irritates cattle. The word occurs in Callimachus in Hecale, "a horse-fly certain [with] cattle"; [meaning] a horse-fly scaring away and pursuing the cattle. Also called a mu/wy…
- οι178Οἰστρεῖstings[Meaning he/she/it] inflames, maddens. Appian [writes]: "in reality everyone experienced a stinging impulse and enthusiasm [to act] against the barbarians". And elsewhere: "[...] and he did these things just like…
- οι181Οἶστροςgadfly, frenzy[Meaning] stimulation, heating, burning with madness. They call any impulse oi)=stros. From this also comes oi)strodo/nhtos muxo/s ["the whirling depth"], that which is driven by the wind. Aristophanes [writes]: "and…
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Revision history3 revisions · last 8 Aug 2013
- Revised — David Whitehead
- cosmetics, link — Catharine Roth
- augmented notes and keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Jennifer Benedict