Σάβοι
Saboi
Translated by Alex Gottesman13 May 2000Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
Demosthenes [in the speech] On Behalf of Ktesiphon [sc. mentions them].1 Some say that Saboi is the term for those who are dedicated to Sabazios, that is to Dionysos, just as those [dedicated] to Bacchos [are] Bacchoi. They say that Sabazios and Dionysos are the same. Thus some also say2 that the Greeks call the Bacchoi Saboi. But Mnaseas of Patrai3 says that Sabazios is the son of Dionysos.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Σάβοι· Δημοσθένης ὑπὲρ Κτησιφῶντος. οἱ μὲν Σάβους λέγεσθαι τοὺς τελουμένους τῷ Σαβαζίῳ, τουτέστι τῷ Διονύσῳ, καθάπερ τοὺς τῷ Βάκχῳ Βάκχους. τὸν αὐτὸν δὲ εἶναι Σαβάζιον καὶ Διόνυσόν φασιν. οὕτως δέ φησι καὶ τῶν Ἑλλήνων τινες τοὺς Βάκχους Σάβους καλεῖν. Μνασέας δὲ ὁ Πατρεὺς υἱὸν εἶναι φησὶ τοῦ Διονύσου Σαβάζιον.
Betacode
*sa/boi: *dhmosqe/nhs u(pe\r *kthsifw=ntos. oi( me\n *sa/bous le/gesqai tou\s teloume/nous tw=| *sabazi/w|, toute/sti tw=| *dionu/sw|, kaqa/per tou\s tw=| *ba/kxw| *ba/kxous. to\n au)to\n de\ ei)=nai *saba/zion kai\ *dio/nuso/n fasin. ou(/tws de/ fhsi kai\ tw=n *(ellh/nwn tines tou\s *ba/kxous *sa/bous kalei=n. *mnase/as de\ o( *patreu\s ui(o\n ei)=nai fhsi\ tou= *dionu/sou *saba/zion.
Notes (3)
Linked from3 entries
- π788ΠατρεύςPatreus[Meaning] one [who comes] from Patrai. The dative [is] *patrei=; like Myreus, [meaning] one [who comes] from Myra, and the dative *murei=.
- π3136Πυθοῦ Χελιδόνοςfind out from Chelidon; find out from a swallowA proverb [deriving] from a certain Chelidon, a divine and soothsayer and expert in rituals, as Mnaseas of Patrai [says] in the Periplous. But some [say that it originated] because [a swallow] indicates the coming of…
- σ3ΣαβάζιοςSabazios, SabaziusHe is the same [sc. god] as Dionysos. He acquired this form of address from the rite pertaining to him; for the barbarians call the bacchic cry "sabazein". Hence some of the Greeks too follow suit and call the cry…
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Revision history4 revisions · last 22 Sep 2014
- tweaked betacode, coding — Catharine Roth
- tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
- another keyword; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- modified translation; added notes and keyword — David Whitehead
- Translated — Alex Gottesman