Ψιθυριστὴς Ἑρμῆς
Whispering Hermes
Translated by David Whitehead22 Dec 2000Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ψιθυριστὴς Ἑρμῆς· ἦν τις Ἀθήνησιν Ἑρμῆς οὕτω καλούμενος. ἐτιμᾶτο δὲ Ἀθήνησι καὶ Ψίθυρος Ἀφροδίτη καὶ Ἑρμῆς Ψίθυρος.
Betacode
*yiquristh\s *(ermh=s: h)=n tis *)aqh/nhsin *(ermh=s ou(/tw kalou/menos. e)tima=to de\ *)aqh/nhsi kai\ *yi/quros *)afrodi/th kai\ *(ermh=s *yi/quros.
Notes (1)
- Abridged from Harpokration s.v., glossing [Demosthenes] 59.39 (web address 1).
See also psi 99. - 1"Eros", Harpok.; the Suda manuscripts repeat "Hermes". ↩
References
K. Kapparis (ed.), Apollodoros, Against Neaira (Berlin & New York 1999) 246
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Linked from2 entries
- ψ98Ψιθυρίζειwhispers[Used] with an accusative. [Meaning he/she/it] speaks softly into the ear. Slanders. Also [sc. attested is a] shrine of Aphrodite Whisperer. When a soft wind blows and goes gently through the leaves, as if it speaks to…
- ψ99Ψιθυριστοῦ Ἑρμοῦ καὶ Ἔρωτος καὶ Ἀφροδίτης[of] Whispering Hermes and Eros and AphroditeWhat Theseus was the first to do, as Zopyrus says, since Phaedra, as they say, began to whisper to Theseus against Hippolytos, slandering him. But others say that Hermes [was called] the Whisperer for a more human…
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