Σειραῖος ἵππος

trace-attached horse

Translated by Ronald Allen26 Jan 2008Vetting: high3 revisions

2 notes · 32 words
The [one] outside the yoke, the right-hand [one]. "Having sent forth his right-hand trace-attached horse, [sc. Orestes] was blocking his pursuer."1 This is on the turn, [sc. being made] to the left.2

Greek original · Adler’s text

Σειραῖος ἵππος· ὁ ἔξω τοῦ ζυγοῦ, ὁ δεξιός. δεξιὸν ἀνεὶς σειραῖον ἵππον εἶργε τὸν προσκείμενον. τουτέστι τῷ καμπτῆρι, τὸν ἀριστερόν.

Betacode
*seirai=os i(/ppos: o( e)/cw tou= zugou=, o( decio/s. decio\n a)nei\s seirai=on i(/ppon ei)=rge to\n proskei/menon. toute/sti tw=| kampth=ri, to\n a)ristero/n.

Notes (2)

  1. In the headword phrase, evidently extracted from the quotation that follows, the adjective derives from seira/, cord or rope (see LSJ s.v. seirai=os). An extra horse was attached with straps or ropes, called traces, alongide the yoked pair on a chariot (cf. pi 628).
  2. 1Sophocles, Electra 721-2 with scholion (web address 1). ↩
  3. 2Chariots raced with the pillars marking the course on the left. Here Orestes, at the turns, lets out the reins to his right trace-horse so that it runs out and ahead, obstructing other drivers. ↩

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Revision history3 revisions · last 9 Feb 2022
  1. tweaked link — Catharine Roth
  2. cosmetics — David Whitehead
  3. tweaks and cosmetics; another keyword — David Whitehead
  4. Translated — Ronald Allen

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