Σαλμωνεύς
Salmoneus
Translated by David Whitehead22 Feb 2004Vetting: high9 revisions
Translation
This man was a son of Aiolos, and king of Thessalians; grown impious, by means of a contraption 'he hurled lightning-bolts, thundered, confounded'1 the souls of his subjects. Hence he paid the penalty for his impiety and was struck by a thunderbolt from heaven.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Σαλμωνεύς· οὗτος Αἰόλου μὲν υἱός, βασιλεὺς δὲ Θετταλῶν· ὃς ἀσεβὴς γεγονὼς διὰ μηχανῆς ἤστραπτεν, ἐβρόντα, συνεκύκα τὰς τῶν ὑπηκόων ψυχάς. ὅθεν καὶ δίκην ἔδωκε τῆς ἀσεβείας, θεόθεν κεραυνόβλητος γεγονώς.
Betacode
*salmwneu/s: ou(=tos *ai)o/lou me\n ui(o/s, basileu\s de\ *qettalw=n: o(\s a)sebh\s gegonw\s dia\ mhxanh=s h)/strapten, e)bro/nta, suneku/ka ta\s tw=n u(phko/wn yuxa/s. o(/qen kai\ di/khn e)/dwke th=s a)sebei/as, qeo/qen kerauno/blhtos gegonw/s.
Notes (1)
- For a possible variant version of his name see already sigma 50. The present material, Adler notes, was attributed by Toup and Valckenaer to Aelian; in any event cf. ps.-Nonnus, Scholia mythologica 5.2.
See generally OCD4 s.v.: Salmoneus is 'blameless' in Homer (Odyssey 11.235ff; web address 1) but becomes the hybristic figure depicted here in post-Homeric traditions. See esp. Diodorus Siculus 4.68.1-2 and (on the 'contraption') 6.6.4-6.7.3. - 1This phrase echoes Aristophanes, Acharnians 531, quoted (via Ephorus FGrH 70 F196) in Diodorus 12.40.6: 'the Olympian Pericles hurled lightning-bolts, thundered, and confounded Hellas'. ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
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