Φάτις
voice, rumor, report, oracle
Translated by Catharine Roth4 Sep 2011Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
[Meaning an] utterance, saying.1
Sophocles [writes]: "but may Phoebus Apollo hold off from the Argives the saying." [i.e.] the sickness of Ajax.2
And elsewhere: "the report is false that Alexander has perished, if Phoebus [is] truthful. Not even Hades takes hold of the invincible."3
And elsewhere Sophocles [writes]: "when [she] hears the report." [Meaning] the saying.4
Sophocles [writes]: "but may Phoebus Apollo hold off from the Argives the saying." [i.e.] the sickness of Ajax.2
And elsewhere: "the report is false that Alexander has perished, if Phoebus [is] truthful. Not even Hades takes hold of the invincible."3
And elsewhere Sophocles [writes]: "when [she] hears the report." [Meaning] the saying.4
Greek original · Adler’s text
Φάτις· φήμη, λόγος. Σοφοκλῆς· ἀλλ' ἀπερύκοι Φοῖβος Ἀργείων φάτιν. τὴν νόσον τοῦ Αἴαντος. καὶ αὖθις· φθεῖσθαι Ἀλέξαν- δρον ψευδὴς φάτις, εἴπερ ἀληθὴς Φοῖβος. ἀνικήτων ἅπτεται οὐδ' Ἀΐδης. καὶ αὖθις Σοφοκλῆς· τὴν δ' ὅταν κλύῃ φάτιν. τὴν ῥῆσιν.
Betacode
*fa/tis: fh/mh, lo/gos. *sofoklh=s: a)ll' a)peru/koi *foi=bos *)argei/wn fa/tin. th\n no/son tou= *ai)/antos. kai\ au)=qis: fqei=sqai *)ale/can- dron yeudh\s fa/tis, ei)/per a)lhqh\s *foi=bos. a)nikh/twn a(/ptetai ou)d' *)ai/+dhs. kai\ au)=qis *sofoklh=s: th\n d' o(/tan klu/h| fa/tin. th\n r(h=sin.
Notes (4)
- 1Epic/poetic noun (also in Herodotus). Same or similar glosses in other lexica; on Homer, Odyssey 23.362, according to Adler. ↩
- 2Sophocles, Ajax 186-7, with scholion. ↩
- 3Greek Anthology 7.289 (Parmenion), on Alexander III (The Great) of Macedon; cf. alpha 1121. On this epigram, see Gow and Page vol. I (292-293) and vol. II (324). As Gow and Page note (ibid.), this couplet is evidently inspired by the story in Plutarch Alexander 14.4 (web address 1): Alexander ventures to Delphi prior to his invasion of Asia and forcefully elicits from the oracular priestess of Apollo what might well not be a legitimate prophecy:
a)ni/khtos ei)=, w)= pai= : "You are invincible, my son". ↩ - 4Sophocles, Ajax 850. ↩
References
A.S.F. Gow and D.L. Page, eds., The Greek Anthology: The Garland of Philip and Some Contemporary Epigrams, vol. I, (Cambridge, 1968)
A.S.F. Gow and D.L. Page, eds., The Greek Anthology: The Garland of Philip and Some Contemporary Epigrams, vol. II, (Cambridge, 1968)
A.S.F. Gow and D.L. Page, eds., The Greek Anthology: The Garland of Philip and Some Contemporary Epigrams, vol. II, (Cambridge, 1968)
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Linked from3 entries
- φ122Φασίthey declare[Meaning] they say. But [the] Phasis [is] a river of Scythia. And [phasis means] speech, declaration; or a public accusation; [or] voice, spoken word. "By no means do they declare that there is any moisture." Also [sc.…
- φ128Φάσκωνalleging, maintaining[Used] with a dative. [Meaning he] saying.
- φ485Φθεῖσθαιto waste away[Meaning] to be utterly destroyed.
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Revision history3 revisions · last 20 Nov 2022
- expanded n.3, added bibliography, added cross-reference, added keywords, added link — Ronald Allen
- Revised — David Whitehead
- more keywords; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth