παροιμία
the Cretans (and) the sacrifice
Translated by David Whitehead15 Dec 2002Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
A proverb.1 If ever a sacrifice is disrupted, it is called 'Cretan'. This is because after a storm Agamemnon sacrificed there, climbing up into Polyrrhenon2 [sc. to do so]. But meanwhile the prisoners burned the ships. When he heard this, he abandoned the sacrifices, came to the seashore and found a single ship; cursing the natives, he embarked in it.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Οἱ Κρῆτες τὴν θυσίαν· παροιμία. εἴ ποτε ταραχώδης θυσία γένηται, Κρητικὴ καλεῖται, παρόσον Ἀγαμέμνων ἐκεῖσε χειμασθεὶς ἔθυεν, ἀναβὰς εἰς τὸ Πολύρρηνον. ἐν τούτῳ δὲ οἱ αἰχμάλωτοι τὰς ναῦς ἐνέπρησαν. ὁ δ' ὡς ἤκουσε, καταλιπὼν τὰς θυσίας ἦλθεν εἰς τὸν αἰγιαλὸν καὶ μίαν εὑρὼν ναῦν ἀνήχθη εἰς αὐτήν, τοὺς ἐγχωρίους ἐπαρασάμενος.
Betacode
*oi( *krh=tes th\n qusi/an: paroimi/a. ei)/ pote taraxw/dhs qusi/a ge/nhtai, *krhtikh\ kalei=tai, paro/son *)agame/mnwn e)kei=se xeimasqei\s e)/quen, a)naba\s ei)s to\ *polu/rrhnon. e)n tou/tw| de\ oi( ai)xma/lwtoi ta\s nau=s e)ne/prhsan. o( d' w(s h)/kouse, katalipw\n ta\s qusi/as h)=lqen ei)s to\n ai)gialo\n kai\ mi/an eu(rw\n nau=n a)nh/xqh ei)s au)th/n, tou\s e)gxwri/ous e)parasa/menos.
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