Ῥαψῳδεῖν
to recite [poetry]
Translated by Nathan Greenberg ✝19 Aug 2002Vetting: high6 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] to sing. Aristophanes [writes]: "and it shall be for the boys to recite [sc. poems about] those who are brave in war; and if anyone has been a coward, so that, ashamed, they do not dine."1
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ῥαψῳδεῖν· ᾄδειν. Ἀριστοφάνης· ῥαψῳδεῖν ἔσται τοῖς παιδαρίοις τοὺς ἀνδρείους ἐν τῷ πολέμῳ· κεἴ τις δειλὸς γεγένηται, ἵνα μὴ δειπνῶσ' αἰσχυνόμενοι.
Betacode
*(rayw|dei=n: a)/|dein. *)aristofa/nhs: r(ayw|dei=n e)/stai toi=s paidari/ois tou\s a)ndrei/ous e)n tw=| pole/mw|: kei)/ tis deilo\s gege/nhtai, i(/na mh\ deipnw=s' ai)sxuno/menoi.
Notes (1)
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Linked from4 entries
- ρ67Ῥαψῴδημαstitched-together song[Meaning a] lie/untruth.
- ρ69Ῥαψῳδίαrecitation[Meaning] nonsense, a union of words, idle chatter.
- ρ70ῬαψῳδόςrhapsodeThe Sphinx stitching together her songs. The name of the rhapsode according to Homer, or it might have been after Homer. Sophocles [writes]: "why, when the watchful dog who wove dark song was here, did you say nothing…
- ρ71Ῥαψῳδοίrhapsodes[Meaning] the ones reciting the works of Homer in the theaters; they were so called because they recited while holding staffs [rhabdoi]. But [the verb] to rhapsodize is to emit nonsense; or simply to take [the staff?]…
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Revision history6 revisions · last 27 Oct 2013
- Revised — David Whitehead
- Revised — David Whitehead
- tweaked hw and tr; expanded n.1; another keyword — David Whitehead
- another keyword — David Whitehead
- added note and keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- added link, cosmetics — Catharine Roth
- Translated — Nathan Greenberg ✝