Ψιθυριστοῦ Ἑρμοῦ καὶ Ἔρωτος καὶ Ἀφροδίτης
[of] Whispering Hermes and Eros and Aphrodite
Translated by Catharine Roth31 Dec 2005Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
What 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 [reason], because people meeting there [sc. at his temple] used to devise unspeakable deeds and to whisper to each other about what they wanted [to do].1
*yiqurismo/s ["whispering"] is speaking evil about those who are present, in the Apostle.2
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ψιθυριστοῦ Ἑρμοῦ καὶ Ἔρωτος καὶ Ἀφροδίτης· ἅπερ πρῶτος ἐποίησεν, ὥς φησι Ζώπυρος, Θησεύς, ἐπεὶ Φαῖδρα, ὥς φασιν, ἐψιθύριζε Θησεῖ κατὰ Ἱππολύτου, διαβάλλουσα αὐτόν. οἱ δὲ ἀνθρωπινώτερόν φασιν Ἑρμῆν Ψιθυριστήν, παρὰ τὸ ἀνθρώπους ἐκεῖ συνερχομένους τὰ ἀπόρρητα συντίθεσθαι καὶ ψιθυρίζειν ἀλλήλοις, περὶ ὧν βούλονται. Ψιθυρισμὸς δὲ ἡ τῶν παρόντων κακολογία παρὰ τῷ Ἀποστόλῳ.
Betacode
*yiquristou= *(ermou= kai\ *)/erwtos kai\ *)afrodi/ths: a(/per prw=tos e)poi/hsen, w(/s fhsi *zw/puros, *qhseu/s, e)pei\ *fai=dra, w(/s fasin, e)yiqu/rize *qhsei= kata\ *(ippolu/tou, diaba/llousa au)to/n. oi( de\ a)nqrwpinw/tero/n fasin *(ermh=n *yiquristh/n, para\ to\ a)nqrw/pous e)kei= sunerxome/nous ta\ a)po/rrhta sunti/qesqai kai\ yiquri/zein a)llh/lois, peri\ w(=n bou/lontai. *yiqurismo\s de\ h( tw=n paro/ntwn kakologi/a para\ tw=| *)aposto/lw|.
Notes (2)
Linked from5 entries
- φ155ΦαῖδραPhaidra, PhaedraA proper name. But [differently-accented] faidra/ stands for brilliantly [faidrw=s].
- φ508Φθόνοςenvy, jealousy, spite[Meaning] a malignant attitude to the fine things of someone close by, in the Apostle.
- ψ94Ψίδωνεςpsidones[Meaning] slanderers, whisperers.
- 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…
- ψ100Ψιθυριστὴς ἙρμῆςWhispering HermesThere was a certain [cult of] Hermes at Athens which had this name. Also honored at Athens were Whispering Aphrodite and Whispering Eros.
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Revision history3 revisions · last 6 Nov 2013
- more keywords; tweaking — David Whitehead
- another x-ref; another keyword — David Whitehead
- augmented notes and keywords — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth