Πομπήν
escort, procession, provision
Translated by Catharine Roth10 Apr 2012Vetting: high2 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] sending, dispatching.1 Thucydides in [book] 4 [writes]: "both in provision of timbers suitable for ship-building [and in furnishing of revenues]."2
And Aelian [writes]: "and the serpent which came out of the divine procession."3
"And along with the maiden, [he] prepared a splendid procession, a brilliant carriage and impressive dress and large attendance."4
And Aelian [writes]: "and the serpent which came out of the divine procession."3
"And along with the maiden, [he] prepared a splendid procession, a brilliant carriage and impressive dress and large attendance."4
Greek original · Adler’s text
Πομπήν· τὴν πέμψιν, ἀποστολήν. Θουκυδίδης δʹ· ξύλων τε ναυπηγησίμων πομπῇ. καὶ Αἰλιανός· καὶ τὸν δράκοντα τὸν ἐκ τῆς θείας πομπῆς ἥκοντα. καὶ ἅμα τῇ κόρῃ παρεσκεύασε πομπὴν ἐπιφανῆ, ἁρμάμαξάν τε λαμπρὰν καὶ ἐσθῆτα σοβαρὰν καὶ θεραπείαν συχνήν.
Betacode
*pomph/n: th\n pe/myin, a)postolh/n. *qoukudi/dhs d#: cu/lwn te nauphghsi/mwn pomph=|. kai\ *ai)liano/s: kai\ to\n dra/konta to\n e)k th=s qei/as pomph=s h(/konta. kai\ a(/ma th=| ko/rh| pareskeu/ase pomph\n e)pifanh=, a(rma/maca/n te lampra\n kai\ e)sqh=ta sobara\n kai\ qerapei/an suxnh/n.
Notes (4)
- 1Likewise or similarly in other lexica. The headword is accusative singular of this feminine noun. One might think it quoted from somewhere other than the quotation immediately following, where it is in the dative singular, but note that Photius' quotation of this phrase from Thucydides has it in the accusative. ↩
- 2Thucydides 4.108.1 (web address 1), on the Athenians' reasons for distress at the loss of Amphipolis. ↩
- 3Aelian fr. 85a Domingo-Forasté (part of 82 Hercher). ↩
- 4Iamblichus, Babyloniaca fr. 84 Habrich; cf. sigma 1699. ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
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Revision history2 revisions · last 9 Oct 2013
- Revised — David Whitehead
- tweaked n.1; more keywords; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth