Παλαίφατος
Palaiphatos, Palaephatus
Translated by Malcolm Heath5 Sep 2003Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Παλαίφατος, Αἰγύπτιος ἢ Ἀθηναῖος, γραμματικός. Αἰγυπτιακὴν θεολογίαν, Μυθικῶν βιβλίον αʹ, Λύσεις τῶν μυθικῶς εἰρημένων, Ὑποθέσεις εἰς Σιμωνίδην, Τρωϊκά· ἅ τινες εἰς τὸν Ἀθηναῖον, τινὲς δὲ εἰς τὸν Πάριον ἀνήνεγκαν. ἔγραψε καὶ ἱστορίαν ἰδίαν.
Betacode
*palai/fatos, *ai)gu/ptios h)\ *)aqhnai=os, grammatiko/s. *ai)guptiakh\n qeologi/an, *muqikw=n bibli/on a#, *lu/seis tw=n muqikw=s ei)rhme/nwn, *(upoqe/seis ei)s *simwni/dhn, *trwi+ka/: a(/ tines ei)s to\n *)aqhnai=on, tine\s de\ ei)s to\n *pa/rion a)nh/negkan. e)/graye kai\ i(stori/an i)di/an.
Notes (1)
- RE Palaiphatos(4); FGrH 44 (T4); and the introductory note at pi 69.
- 1See pi 70: Palaephatus. ↩
Linked from2 entries
- π69ΠαλαίφατοςPalaiphatos, Palaephatus[Sc. active] in Athens, epic poet; son of Aktaios and Boio, but other sources say, of Iokles and Metaneira; according to others [he was son] of Hermes. He lived after Phemonoe according to some, but according to others…
- π70ΠαλαίφατοςPalaiphatos, Palaephatusof Paros or Priene. He lived under Artaxerxes. [He wrote] Incredible Things (5 books); Troica (5 books) - some attribute this to the Athenian; but this is the man who wrote it.
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Revision history4 revisions · last 20 Apr 2021
- tweaked translation — Catharine Roth
- Revised — David Whitehead
- cosmetics — David Whitehead
- cosmetics, set status — William Hutton
- Translated — Malcolm Heath