Σῶμα
body, corpse
Translated by Marcelo Boeri13 Jan 2004Vetting: high6 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] anything/everything that is dead. The [body] of a living being is called de/mas ['bodily frame'], because of the fact that it is tied (sun-dede/sqai ) to the soul, as Homer said. 1
[Note] that everything which acts upon is a body; and voice, when coming to the listeners from those who emit it, acts [upon the hearers]; therefore, [voice] is a body.2
Interpretation of a dream: to purify the whole body indicates a deliverance from cares.3
[Note] that everything which acts upon is a body; and voice, when coming to the listeners from those who emit it, acts [upon the hearers]; therefore, [voice] is a body.2
Interpretation of a dream: to purify the whole body indicates a deliverance from cares.3
Greek original · Adler’s text
Σῶμα· πᾶν τὸ τεθνηκός. τὸ δὲ τοῦ ζῶντος δέμας λέγεται, διὰ τὸ συνδεδέσθαι τῇ ψυχῇ, ὡς εἶπεν Ὅμηρος. ὅτι πᾶν τὸ ποιοῦν σῶμά ἐστι· ποιεῖ δ' ἡ φωνῆ προσιοῦσα τοῖς ἀκούουσιν ἀπὸ τῶν φωνούντων· ὥστε σῶμά ἐστι. λύσις ὀνείρου· σῶμα ὅλον καθαίρειν φροντίδων δηλοῖ λύσιν.
Betacode
*sw=ma: pa=n to\ teqnhko/s. to\ de\ tou= zw=ntos de/mas le/getai, dia\ to\ sundede/sqai th=| yuxh=|, w(s ei)=pen *(/omhros. o(/ti pa=n to\ poiou=n sw=ma/ e)sti: poiei= d' h( fwnh= prosiou=sa toi=s a)kou/ousin a)po\ tw=n fwnou/ntwn: w(/ste sw=ma/ e)sti. lu/sis o)nei/rou: sw=ma o(/lon kaqai/rein fronti/dwn dhloi= lu/sin.
Notes (3)
- 1See Homer, Iliad 1.115 (web address 1), and scholion. ↩
- 2Diogenes Laertius 7.56. This is the argument tending to prove the thesis (maintained by the Stoics Archedemus, Diogenes, Antipater, and Chrysippus; Diogenes Laertius 7.55) that voice is a body. ↩
- 3From the dream-interpretations, in verse, attributed to Astrampsychus (alpha 4251). ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
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Revision history6 revisions · last 31 Dec 2013
- Revised — David Whitehead
- fixed link — Catharine Roth
- another keyword — David Whitehead
- added note and keyword; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- added link and keywords — Catharine Roth
- modified translation, cosmetics — Catharine Roth
- Translated — Marcelo Boeri