Στακτή
extract
Translated by William Hutton22 Mar 2014Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] a type of fragrance.
Polybius [writes]: "when freedom had been confirmed for the Gerraioi, they immediately rewarded the king Antiochus with five hundred talents of silver, a thousand of frankincense and two hundred of what is called 'extract'. And he was making the voyage to the island Tylos and he was making the return voyage in the direction of Seleukeia. The fragrances were in [= from] the Red Sea."1
Polybius [writes]: "when freedom had been confirmed for the Gerraioi, they immediately rewarded the king Antiochus with five hundred talents of silver, a thousand of frankincense and two hundred of what is called 'extract'. And he was making the voyage to the island Tylos and he was making the return voyage in the direction of Seleukeia. The fragrances were in [= from] the Red Sea."1
Greek original · Adler’s text
Στακτή· εἶδος ἀρώματος. Πολύβιος· κυρωθείσης δὲ τῆς ἐλευθερίας τοῖς Γερραίοις, ἐστεφάνωσαν παραχρῆμα τὸν Ἀντίοχον τὸν βασιλέα πεντακοσίοις ἀργυρίου ταλάντοις, χιλίοις δὲ λιβανωτοῦ καὶ διακοσίοις τῆς λεγομένης στακτῆς. καὶ ἐποίει τὸν πλοῦν ἐπὶ Τύλον τὴν νῆσον καὶ ἐποίει τὸν ἀπόπλουν ἐπὶ Σελευκείας. ἦσαν δὲ τὰ ἀρώματα ἐν τῇ ἐρυθρᾷ θαλάσσῃ.
Betacode
*stakth/: ei)=dos a)rw/matos. *polu/bios: kurwqei/shs de\ th=s e)leuqeri/as toi=s *gerrai/ois, e)stefa/nwsan paraxrh=ma to\n *)anti/oxon to\n basile/a pentakosi/ois a)rguri/ou tala/ntois, xili/ois de\ libanwtou= kai\ diakosi/ois th=s legome/nhs stakth=s. kai\ e)poi/ei to\n plou=n e)pi\ *tu/lon th\n nh=son kai\ e)poi/ei to\n a)po/ploun e)pi\ *seleukei/as. h)=san de\ ta\ a)rw/mata e)n th=| e)ruqra=| qala/ssh|.
Notes (1)
- The headword, formally an adjectival derivative of the verb
sta/zw ('drip', 'distill'), appears here as a substantive in the feminine singular, apparently referring to oil of myrrh, which is extracted from myrrh resin (cf. Theophrastus, Enquiry into Plants 4.29, who explains the term as referring to the emergence of the resin from the myrrh plant in small drips). See also sigma 998, sigma 999. If it is not a generic lexical reference, the nominative singular headword may be extracted from a literary source (but not from the supplied quotation, where it appears in the genitive singular). Extant possibilities include two in the Septuagint: Psalms 44:9, Ecclesiasticus 24:15. - 1Polybius 13.9.5. The Gerraioi are identified by other ancient authorities as living on what we call the Persian Gulf; and Tylos is present-day Bahrain. The 'Antiochus' in question is taken to be the Seleucid king Antiochus III (alpha 2693). ↩
Linked from3 entries
- σ752Σμύρναmyrrh[sc. Prefiguring] the funeral rites of Christ, the laying-out [for burial]; for this [i.e. myrrh] is especially applied to corpses.
- σ998Στακτὴ καὶ κασίαextract and cassia[Meaning] the pleasant odor from the passion [sc. of Christ].
- σ999Στακτοῖςwith extracted [ones][Meaning with] liquid [ones], and prized [ones]; in distinction to dry ones. Aristophanes in Wealth [writes]: "[..] nor perfume your bride with extracted perfumes when you marry her."
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