Σὺν δὲ θεοὶ μάκαρες
but with [me/you be the] blessed gods
Translated by Catharine Roth1 Jun 2014Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
The rhapsodes used to add this, as the citharodes [added] "but hail, lord";1 for they are forms of address used by the ancient poets.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Σὺν δὲ θεοὶ μάκαρες· τοῦτο ἐπέλεγον οἱ ῥαψῳδοί, ὡς οἱ κιθαρῳδοὶ ἀλλ' ἄναξ χαῖρε· εἰσὶ γὰρ ἐπιφωνήματα παρὰ τοῖς παλαιοῖς ποιηταῖς.
Betacode
*su\n de\ qeoi\ ma/kares: tou=to e)pe/legon oi( r(ayw|doi/, w(s oi( kiqarw|doi\ a)ll' a)/nac xai=re: ei)si\ ga\r e)pifwnh/mata para\ toi=s palaioi=s poihtai=s.
Notes (1)
- The headword phrase is the first half of a hexameter verse.
- 1Zenobius 5.99. Compare Aelius Dionysius,
nu=n de\ qeoi\ ma/kares tw=n e)sqlw=n a)/fqonoi/ e)ste "but now, you blessed gods are unenvious of the noble" (in Eustathius, Commentary on the Iliad 1.364.8). Beyond that, however, neither of these phrases are attested in the contexts claimed for them. (On rhapsodes see generally rho 71; on kitharodes, cf. e.g. under epsilon 3592, iota 518.) ↩
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Revision history3 revisions · last 9 May 2022
- tweaked translation — Catharine Roth
- expanded notes; more keywords; cosmetics; raised status — David Whitehead
- Revised — Catharine Roth
- Translated — Catharine Roth