Σφήξ
wasp
Translated by Catharine Roth1 Jun 2003Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Σφήξ, σφηκός· εἶδος μελισσῶν. Σφὶγξ δέ, Σφιγγός.
Betacode
*sfh/c, sfhko/s: ei)=dos melissw=n. *sfi\gc de/, *sfiggo/s.
Notes (3)
- 1Genitive lacking, Adler reports, in mss AFV. ↩
- 2(In the Greek, 'bees'.) For bees see mu 511, mu 512, mu 514, mu 518. ↩
- 5For the Sphinx cf. pi 3083, sigma 636, sigma 1746, sigma 1747, omicroniota 34. ↩
Linked from5 entries
- π3083Ποικιλῳδόςriddle-singing[Referring to] the Sphinx. "The riddle-singing Sphinx led us to investigate what lay at our feet, neglecting obscure matters."
- σ636Σκληρᾶς ἀοιδοῦof a harsh singer[Meaning] of the Sphinx. That is, of the difficult [singer], because of the riddle. Or of the murderous [singer]. "You came and released the Cadmeians' town from a harsh singer's tribute, which we used to pay."
- σ1732Σφηκιάwasps'-nest[Sc. A wasp is] a kind of creature. And [there is] a saying: "you are honey-harvesting and provoking me as if [I were] a wasps'-nest". Aristophanes [writes this]. He has created a metaphor from bees; for…
- σ1735Σφηκῶντεςmaking like a wasp; pinching in, binding[no gloss]
- σ1746ΣφιγγὸςSphinx's"Proposing many [Sphinx's] problems in response to many questions of these strange puzzles -- not [problems] of the Cadmeian Sphinx, but of some kind of Sphinx anyway, yet more wonderful and much wiser."
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Revision history4 revisions · last 10 Jun 2014
- another note — David Whitehead
- Revised — David Whitehead
- augmented x-refs — David Whitehead
- added notes; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth