Πυθοῦ Χελιδόνος

find out from Chelidon; find out from a swallow

Translated by David Whitehead18 Sep 2002Vetting: high5 revisions

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A proverb [deriving] from a certain Chelidon, a divine and soothsayer and expert in rituals, as Mnaseas of Patrai [says] in the Periplous.¹ But some [say that it originated] because [a swallow] indicates the coming of spring.²

Greek original · Adler’s text

Πυθοῦ Χελιδόνος· παροιμία ἀπό τινος Χελιδόνος, θεολόγου καὶ τερατοσκόπου καὶ περὶ τελετῶν διειλεγμένου, ὡς Μνασέας ὁ Πατρεὺς ἐν τῷ Περίπλῳ. οἱ δέ, ὅτι τὸ ἔαρ προσημαίνει.

Betacode

*puqou= *xelido/nos: paroimi/a a)po/ tinos *xelido/nos, qeolo/gou kai\ teratosko/pou kai\ peri\ teletw=n dieilegme/nou, w(s *mnase/as o( *patreu\s e)n tw=| *peri/plw|. oi( de/, o(/ti to\ e)/ar proshmai/nei.

Notes (2)

The name Chelidon means "Swallow".
1Mnaseas (C3 BCE) fr. 43 FHG (3.156). See also sigma 12 (and pi 788 for the ethnikon). ↩
2On the proverbial relation between swallows and spring, see epsilon 11 and mu 1030. ↩

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π788ΠατρεύςPatreus[Meaning] one [who comes] from Patrai. The dative [is] *patrei=; like Myreus, [meaning] one [who comes] from Myra, and the dative *murei=.

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π3134Πυθόμενοςhaving discovered, having realised π3135Πύθοντοthey inquired π3136Πυθοῦ Χελιδόνοςfind out from Chelidon; find out from a swallow π3137ΠυθώPytho π3138ΠύθωI putrefy

Revision history5 revisions · last 23 Oct 2013

23 Oct 2013Revised — David Whitehead
1 Dec 2011Revised — David Whitehead
12 Apr 2004augmented note 1 — David Whitehead
18 Sep 2002added a note — Catharine Roth
18 Sep 2002Modified translation, added note and keyword, raised status — William Hutton
18 Sep 2002Translated — David Whitehead

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