Πορθμήϊον
ferry-fee
Translated by William Hutton17 Feb 2013Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] the pay of a sailor. Callimachus [writes]: "therefore even as corpses they do not carry a ferry-fee." For in Aegialus1 there is a way down to Hades, which Demeter came to and learned from the locals about Kore and endowed them, as he says, with exemption from the ferry-fee.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Πορθμήϊον· ὁ μισθὸς τοῦ ναύτου. Καλλίμαχος· τοὔνεκα καὶ νέκυες πορθμήϊον οὔτι φέρονται. ἐν Αἰγιαλῷ γὰρ καταβάσιόν ἐστιν εἰς ᾅδου, εἰς ὃ ἀπελθοῦσα ἡ Δημήτηρ ἔμαθε παρὰ τῶν περιοίκων περὶ τῆς Κόρης καὶ ἐδωρήσατο αὐτοῖς, ὡς λέγει, ἄφεσιν τοῦ πορθμηΐου.
Betacode
*porqmh/i+on: o( misqo\s tou= nau/tou. *kalli/maxos: tou)/neka kai\ ne/kues porqmh/i+on ou)/ti fe/rontai. e)n *ai)gialw=| ga\r kataba/sio/n e)stin ei)s a(/|dou, ei)s o(\ a)pelqou=sa h( *dhmh/thr e)/maqe para\ tw=n perioi/kwn peri\ th=s *ko/rhs kai\ e)dwrh/sato au)toi=s, w(s le/gei, a)/fesin tou= porqmhi/+ou.
Notes (1)
Linked from4 entries
- π2069Πορθμεύεινto act as a ferryman; to operate a ferry"He finds Nessos acting as a ferryman for a fee and persuades him to ferry Alcmene and Deianeira".
- π2070Πορθμεῖονferry[*porqmei=on means] the boat. But po/rqmion [is] the fare.
- π2071Πορθμεῖςferrymen[Meaning] crossing-men. Aristophanes [writes]: "you would be bothersome if you became ferrymen. You would drag the passengers and rough them up." Because ferrymen force passers-by to get onto their own boats.
- π2073Πορθμὶςferryboat[Ferry-boat] and ferry-dinghy. "You who sail the water of Acheron in a dark ferryboat."
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Revision history5 revisions · last 10 Oct 2013
- Revised — David Whitehead
- note cosmetic — David Whitehead
- augmented note; typo — William Hutton
- x-refs; another note and keyword; tweaking — David Whitehead
- set status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — William Hutton