Πολέμοιο τέρας

portent of war, sign of war

Translated by Catharine Roth28 Apr 2010Vetting: high2 revisions

1 note · 33 words
War depicted as an image, creating the war which is being instigated; as in other [passages] too he says [she] has an image of Uproar: "she [Enyo] holding the shameless Uproar of destruction."1

Greek original · Adler’s text

Πολέμοιο τέρας· τὸν εἰδωλοποιούμενον πόλεμον, τὸν ποιητικὸν τοῦ ἐνεργουμένου πολέμου· ὡς καὶ ἐν ἄλλοις κυδοιμοῦ εἴδωλόν φησιν ἔχειν· ἡ μὲν ἔχουσα Κυδοιμὸν ἀναιδέα δηϊοτῆτος.

Betacode
*pole/moio te/ras: to\n ei)dwlopoiou/menon po/lemon, to\n poihtiko\n tou= e)nergoume/nou pole/mou: w(s kai\ e)n a)/llois kudoimou= ei)/dwlo/n fhsin e)/xein: h( me\n e)/xousa *kudoimo\n a)naide/a dhi+oth=tos.

Notes (1)

  1. cf. scholion of Aristonicus on Homer, Iliad 11.4, where the headword phrase (in the accusative case, as the gloss shows) occurs: Strife (Eris) holds this in her hands.
  2. 1Homer, Iliad 5.593. ↩

Neighbouring entries

π1892Πολέμωνοςpolemon's; of a polemonπ1893Πολεμῶσαιto provoke to warπ1894Πολέμοιο τέραςportent of war, sign of warπ1895ΠολείδιονPoleidion, Polidiumπ1896Πολλεῖςmany
Revision history2 revisions · last 24 Oct 2011
  1. Revised — David Whitehead
  2. tweaked headword and tr; expanded primary note; more keywords — David Whitehead
  3. Translated — Catharine Roth

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