Πυραμοῦς
pyramous, honey-cake
Translated by David Whitehead30 Oct 2001Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Πυραμοῦς· εἶδος πλακοῦντος ἐκ μέλιτος ἑφθοῦ καὶ πυροῦ πεφρυγμένου, ὡς σησαμοῦς ὁ διὰ σησαμῆς. ταῦτα δὲ ἐτίθεσαν ἆθλα τοῖς διαγρυπνηταῖς ἐν τοῖς συμποσίοις, καὶ ὁ διαγρυπνήσας μέχρι τῆς ἔω ταῦτα ἐλάμβανεν ἔπαθλον. ἡμέτερος ὁ πυραμοῦς.
Betacode
*puramou=s: ei)=dos plakou=ntos e)k me/litos e(fqou= kai\ purou= pefrugme/nou, w(s shsamou=s o( dia\ shsamh=s. tau=ta de\ e)ti/qesan a)=qla toi=s diagrupnhtai=s e)n toi=s sumposi/ois, kai\ o( diagrupnh/sas me/xri th=s e)/w tau=ta e)la/mbanen e)/paqlon. h(me/teros o( puramou=s.
Notes (2)
- cf. tau 439 and tau 518.
- 1From the scholia to Aristophanes, Knights 277, where the word appears: see next note. For the sesamous, see sigma 341. ↩
- 2Aristophanes, Knights 277 (web address 1, cf. tau 518 and notes 6 and 7), and again Thesmophoriazousai 94. ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Linked from3 entries
- σ341Σησαμοῦςsesamous[Sesamous] and sesame are different: [a] sesamous [is] a kind of cake, but sesame is what we call sesamis. Also [sc. attested is] 'sesame oil' and lard; those who had gone on campaign with Cyrus rubbed themselves down…
- τ439Τεχνάζεινto contrive[Meaning] to accomplish something knavishly. "The business [is] clever and very much in your style; for the prize-cake of [= for] contrivance [is] ours." The puramou=s [is] a kind of flat-cake; this used to be set as a…
- τ518Τήνελλαtenella! hooray!An imitation of a certain sound of the pipe. Archilochus: "tenella, glorious in victory, hail, king Heracles, you and Iolaus, spearmen both." Aristophanes: "But if you win by shouting louder, you are the 'Hail the…
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Revision history4 revisions · last 11 Jan 2014
- tweaked link — Catharine Roth
- updated link — Catharine Roth
- another x-ref; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Added cross reference, minor cosmetics. Raised status — Robert Dyer
- Translated — David Whitehead