Παρία λίθος
Parian marble
Translated by Tony Natoli16 Aug 2011Vetting: high2 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Παρία λίθος· θηλυκόν, ἡ λίθος. Αἰλιανός· καὶ μέντοι καὶ Παρίας λίθου ἅρμα ἀνακείμενον Διονύσῳ, ποίημα θαυμαστόν, ἀνείλετο θεοσυλήσας.
Betacode
*pari/a li/qos: qhluko/n, h( li/qos. *ai)liano/s: kai\ me/ntoi kai\ *pari/as li/qou a(/rma a)nakei/menon *dionu/sw|, poi/hma qaumasto/n, a)nei/leto qeosulh/sas.
Notes (2)
- 1The noun
li/qos may be masculine or feminine; see LSJ s.v. A.II (web address 1 below). For the marble, prized for its whiteness, from the Aegean island of Paros cf. pi 643. ↩ - 2Aelian fr. 128 Domingo-Forasté (125 Hercher); the Suda provides the only evidence for this incident. Hercher emends the final Greek word from an aorist participle to the adjective
qeosu/lhs : "the sacrilegious man carried off". ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
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Revision history2 revisions · last 5 Jul 2013
- updated reference — Catharine Roth
- restored previous vetting status — David Whitehead
- Translated — Tony Natoli