Σπίνθαρος

Spintharos, Spintharus

Translated by David Whitehead18 Dec 2002Vetting: high5 revisions

1 note · 19 words

Translation

Of Heraclea. He was a poet of tragedy. His plays are these: Scorched Heracles, Semele struck by a thunderbolt.1

Greek original · Adler’s text

Σπίνθαρος, Ἡρακλεώτης. ἦν δὲ τραγῳδίας ποιητής. δράματα δὲ αὐτοῦ ἐστι ταῦτα, Περικαιόμενος Ἡρακλῆς, Σεμέλη κεραυνουμένη.

Betacode
*spi/nqaros, *(hraklew/ths. h)=n de\ tragw|di/as poihth/s. dra/mata de\ au)tou= e)sti tau=ta, *perikaio/menos *(hraklh=s, *seme/lh keraunoume/nh. 

Notes (1)

  1. C5/4 BCE. No fragments survive, only these titles; B.Snell, Tragicorum Graecorum Fragmenta 1 (1971) 168.
  2. 1For Semele and the thunderbolt see generally OCD4 s.v. ↩

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  1. Revised — David Whitehead
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  4. modified keywords; augmented notes; cosmetics — David Whitehead
  5. set status — Catharine Roth
  6. Translated — David Whitehead

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“Spintharos, Spintharus.” Suda On Line. Tr. David Whitehead. 18 December 2002. <https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/sigma/945>. Read at ReadSuda: <https://readsuda.org/sigma/945>.

Translation by David Whitehead for Suda On Line, revised by David Whitehead, Catharine Roth, licensed CC BY-NC-SA 1.0. Shown unchanged, under the same licence, non-commercially. Licence & terms

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