Φάων
Phaon
Translated by Catharine Roth19 Dec 2001Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Φάων· φασὶν ἐπὶ τῶν ἐρασμίων καὶ ὑπερηφάνων. τοῦ γὰρ Φάωνος ἐρασθῆναί φασι σὺν πολλοῖς καὶ Σαπφώ, οὐ τὴν ποιήτριαν, ἀλλὰ Λεσβίαν, καὶ ἀποτυγχάνουσαν ῥίψαι ἑαυτὴν ἀπὸ τῆς Λευκάδος πέτρας.
Betacode
*fa/wn: fasi\n e)pi\ tw=n e)rasmi/wn kai\ u(perhfa/nwn. tou= ga\r *fa/wnos e)rasqh=nai/ fasi su\n polloi=s kai\ *sapfw/, ou) th\n poih/trian, a)lla\ *lesbi/an, kai\ a)potugxa/nousan r(i/yai e(auth\n a)po\ th=s *leuka/dos pe/tras.
Notes (2)
- = Photius phi100 Theodoridis, itself taken to come from Pausanias the Atticist (phi4). Also in several of the paroemiographers.
- 1For the supposed distinction, in fact untenable, between Sappho the poetess from Lesbos and Sappho the musician from Lesbos see sigma 107 and sigma 108 respectively. In the latter Phaon comes from Mytilene, as does Sappho herself; and other sources call him a ferryman. ↩
- 2The "Leucadian rock" was the SW promontory -- Cape Leucatas -- of the island of Leucas (in the Ionian sea), which has a sheer, 2000-foot drop. See generally Strabo 10.2.9, quoting a fragment of Menander (fr.258 Koerte-Thierfelder, from the Leucadia) which alludes to this story. ↩
References
M.R. Lefkowitz, "Critical stereotypes and the poetry of Sappho," Greek, Roman & Byzantine Studies 14 (1973) 113-123, at 116
G. Nagy, "Phaethon, Sappho's Phaon, and the white rock of Leucas," Harvard Studies in Classical Philology 77 (1973) 141-3
G. Nagy, "Phaethon, Sappho's Phaon, and the white rock of Leucas," Harvard Studies in Classical Philology 77 (1973) 141-3
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Revision history5 revisions · last 4 Dec 2013
- another note; tweaking — David Whitehead
- Added italics; cosmetics — Elizabeth Vandiver
- Revised — Catharine Roth
- Revised — David Whitehead
- augemented keywords; added note and bibliography — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth