Φέρεθρα
bier, litter
Translated by Catharine Roth3 Oct 2011Vetting: high6 revisions
Translation
"His processional equipment led the way, made of silver and gold, and very many hoplites and royal decoration and litters, holding images of kings,1 and some representations. Uaphres himself was brought after the rest by litter, in a temple made of gold; and the most venerable and accomplished of the priests were the bearers."
Greek original · Adler’s text
Φέρεθρα· πομπεῖά τε αὐτοῦ προηγεῖτο, ἀργύρου καὶ χρυσοῦ πεποιημένα, καὶ ὁπλῖται πάμπολλοι καὶ κόσμος βασιλικὸς καὶ φέρεθρα, ἔχοντα εἰκόνας βασιλέων, καὶ δείκηλα ἄττα. αὐτός τε Οὐάφρης ἐπὶ πᾶσιν ἐκομίζετο φοράδην, ἐν ναῷ χρυσοῦ πεποιημένῳ· καὶ τῶν ἱερέων οἱ σεμνότατοι καὶ τελεώτατοι φορεῖς ἦσαν.
Betacode
*fe/reqra: pompei=a/ te au)tou= prohgei=to, a)rgu/rou kai\ xrusou= pepoihme/na, kai\ o(pli=tai pa/mpolloi kai\ ko/smos basiliko\s kai\ fe/reqra, e)/xonta ei)ko/nas basile/wn, kai\ dei/khla a)/tta. au)to/s te *ou)a/frhs e)pi\ pa=sin e)komi/zeto fora/dhn, e)n naw=| xrusou= pepoihme/nw|: kai\ tw=n i(ere/wn oi( semno/tatoi kai\ telew/tatoi forei=s h)=san.
Notes (1)
- The unglossed headword, presumably extracted from the quotation given, is a neuter plural; its singular is a variant of
fe/rtron (phi 233) orfe/retron .
The quotation -- transmitted, in Adler's view, via the Excerpta Constantini Porphyrogeniti -- is unidentifiable. However, Uaphres, king of Egypt 588-569 BCE, is mentioned in Jeremiah 51.30 LXX (44:30 KJV, where the name is represented as Hophra), and on the basis of Manetho 66 he is to be equated with the 'Apries' whose career is sketched in Herodotus 2.161 ff. Chronologically impossible correspondence is cited between him and Solomon (Alexander Polyhistor fr. 18). - 1For this phrase see also Eustathius, Commentary on the Odyssey 1.155 (part of a long note, ostensibly on Homer, Odyssey 4.124, on words related to
fe/rw ). ↩
Linked from2 entries
- π131Παμπόλληvery great[Meaning she who/that which is] large and diverse.
- φ233Φέρτρῳon a stretcher[Meaning] on the litter of [= for] the dead. Fertron ["stretcher"] also [sc. means] a bier. Polybius [writes]: "at that time too [sc. Hannibal had sent off] Philemenus to arrive bearing the boar on a litter and about a…
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- coding — David Whitehead
- coding — Catharine Roth
- Revised — David Whitehead
- Revised — William Hutton
- additions to notes; more keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- tweaks, raised status — William Hutton
- Translated — Catharine Roth