Σωτάδεια

Sotadeians, Sotadians

Translated by David Whitehead10 Dec 2002Vetting: high5 revisions

4 words

[Meaning] poems of Sotades.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Σωτάδεια· Σωτάδου ποιήματα.

Betacode

*swta/deia: *swta/dou poih/mata.

Notes

Same entry in other lexica; references at Photius sigma931, where however Theodoridis retains the reading ponh/mata (rather than poih/mata).
See generally sigma 871. The "Sotadean" meter was a "stichic Ionic verse ... which allows great freedom of resolution and substitution": OCD4 s.v. Sotades(2).

Linked from1 entry

σ871ΣωτάδηςSotadesA Cretan, a Maroneian, possessed by demons, a writer of iambics. He wrote Farces, that is obscene verses, in Ionic dialect; for even these used to be called Ionic Stories. Others who worked in this genre were Alexandros…

Neighbouring entries

σ866ΣώστρατοςSostratos, Sostratus σ867ΣῶστριςSostris, Sesostris σ868ΣωτάδειαSotadeians, Sotadians σ869ΣωτάδαςSotadas σ870ΣωτάδηςSotades

Revision history5 revisions · last 9 Aug 2014

9 Aug 2014Revised — David Whitehead
31 Dec 2013Revised — David Whitehead
10 May 2011another note — David Whitehead
13 May 2004augmented note — Catharine Roth
12 May 2004added keyword, set status — Catharine Roth
10 Dec 2002Translated — David Whitehead