Παρθένιοι
virginals
Translated by William Hutton16 Aug 2011Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Παρθένιοι· οἱ γενόμενοι παρθένῳ πρὸ τοῦ γήμασθαι, ὑπὸ δὲ Ἀθηναίων Ἐρεχθέως θυγατέρες· παρὰ δὲ Γοργίᾳ παρθένος ἐπὶ παντὸς ἀμετόχου τέτακται. καλοῦνται δὲ ἐκ μεταλήψεως καὶ ἄφθοροι.
Betacode
*parqe/nioi: oi( geno/menoi parqe/nw| pro\ tou= gh/masqai, u(po\ de\ *)aqhnai/wn *)erexqe/ws qugate/res: para\ de\ *gorgi/a| parqe/nos e)pi\ panto\s a)meto/xou te/taktai. kalou=ntai de\ e)k metalh/yews kai\ a)/fqoroi.
Notes (1)
- Photius (pi407 Theodoridis) has the same entry under the lemma
parqe/noi , but LSJ notes the term parthenios as 'the son of an unmarried girl' as early as Homer, Iliad 16.180. For Erechtheus' daughters as parthenoi, see again at pi 668; and cf. generally pi 662. - 1This is not borne out in the surviving writings of Gorgias, and the allusion to him here remains opaque. (For its substance, nevertheless, Theodoridis (above) quotes a scholion to Euripides, Orestes 108:
parqe/nos de/ e)stin h(/ te a)migh\s kai\ h( a)/rti h(bw=sa .) ↩
Linked from4 entries
- π662Παρθένειοςmaiden (adjective), unmarried (not legally married), born of an illegitimate union[Meaning] the well-born son of a woman who seems still to be a virgin. Also [sc. attested is the phrase] parqe/neion le/xos ["virgin bed"]. But parthenios [means] the son of a virgin.
- π663Παρθενίαvirginity[Meaning] the pure life. Also [sc. attested is the phrase] 'Parthenian sea'.
- π665ΠαρθένιοςParthenius, Parthenios, Virgin-bornA 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.
- π668ΠαρθένοιMaidens, VirginsThis is what they used to call the daughters of Erechtheus and they honoured them; [they were] six in number. The eldest [was] Protogenia, the second Pandora, the third Prokris, the fourth Creusa, the fifth Orithyia,…
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Revision history4 revisions · last 15 Jun 2021
- coding — Catharine Roth
- expansions to notes; tweaking — David Whitehead
- Revised — David Whitehead
- tweaked tr; added primary note; more keywords — David Whitehead
- Translated — William Hutton