Παρθένιος
Parthenius, Parthenios, Virgin-born
Translated by Robert Dyer11 Jan 2002Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
A Chian, an epic poet, a son of Thestor; who was nicknamed Chaos. He was a descendant of Homer. He wrote poetry on his own father Thestor.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Παρθένιος, Χῖος, ἐποποιός, υἱὸς Θέστορος· ὃς ἐπεκαλεῖτο Χάος, Ὁμήρου δὲ ἦν ἀπόγονος. ἐποίησεν εἰς Θέστορα τὸν ἑαυτοῦ πατέρα.
Betacode
*parqe/nios, *xi=os, e)popoio/s, ui(o\s *qe/storos: o(\s e)pekalei=to *xa/os, *(omh/rou de\ h)=n a)po/gonos. e)poi/hsen ei)s *qe/stora to\n e(autou= pate/ra.
Notes
- This poet is not otherwise attested. G. Markwald (Die homerischen Epigramme, 1986, 114f.) suggests that this is the real name of the early epic poet otherwise known as Thestorides (son of Thestor) of Phocaea (later of Chios), who is associated with the epic or epics known as the Little Iliad (Epicorum Graecorum Fragmenta , ed. M. Davies (1988) 129ff.). Thestor ('whip-man') is used as a name in Homer, e.g. as the father of Calchas, but no poetry on such a man or character is known.
It might also be argued that "Virgin-born" (cf. pi 666) and "Chaos" are appropriate names for a poet who writes, perhaps negatively (if that is the sense of the prepositionei)s here), of his own father.
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