Πάμψυχος
all-soul
Translated by David Whitehead23 Apr 2003Vetting: high6 revisions
Translation
[sc. Referring to] Amphiaraos, because he lords it over all the souls in Hades; or [because he is] the one who saved his own soul in entirety; or [because he is] the one fully preserving his soul, that is, immortal.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Πάμψυχος· ὁ Ἀμφιάραος, ὅτι πασῶν ψυχῶν ἀνάσσει ἐν ᾅδου· ἢ ὁ διασώσας πᾶσαν τὴν ἑαυτοῦ ψυχήν· ἢ ὁ διαπαντὸς τὴν ψυχὴν σῴζων, ὅ ἐστιν ἀθάνατος.
Betacode
*pa/myuxos: o( *)amfia/raos, o(/ti pasw=n yuxw=n a)na/ssei e)n a(/|dou: h)\ o( diasw/sas pa=san th\n e(autou= yuxh/n: h)\ o( diapanto\s th\n yuxh\n sw/|zwn, o(/ e)stin a)qa/natos.
Notes
- From the scholia to Sophocles, Electra 841, where the headword occurs (web address 1). See also LSJ s.v.
On Amphiaraus as an underground oracular deity and his shrine near Oropos, see alpha 1702 and generally OCD4 s.v.
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Neighbouring entries
Revision history6 revisions · last 10 Aug 2014
- Revised — David Whitehead
- supplemented note — Catharine Roth
- Revised — David Whitehead
- tweaks — David Whitehead
- x-ref — David Whitehead
- Added note; added link; set status — Elizabeth Vandiver
- Translated — David Whitehead