Τρίτου κρατῆρος

of the third krater, of the third mixing-bowl

Translated by David Whitehead20 May 2011Vetting: high6 revisions

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[Meaning] that of [sc. Zeus] the Saviour; the one they also used to call complete/final. At any rate they say that the first is that of the Olympians, the second that of the Heroes. Plato in Republic [writes]: "as to the third, in Olympic manner, both to the Saviour and to the Olympian."¹

Greek original · Adler’s text

Τρίτου κρατῆρος· τοῦ Σωτῆρος· ὃν καὶ τέλειον ἔλεγον. τὸν μέν γε πρῶτον Ὀλυμπίων φασί· τὸν δὲ δεύτερον Ἡρώων. Πλάτων Πολιτείᾳ· τὸν δὲ τρίτον Ὀλυμπικῶς τῷ Σωτῆρί τε καὶ Ὀλυμπίῳ.

Betacode

*tri/tou krath=ros: tou= *swth=ros: o(\n kai\ te/leion e)/legon. to\n me/n ge prw=ton *)olumpi/wn fasi/: to\n de\ deu/teron *(hrw/wn. *pla/twn *politei/a|: to\n de\ tri/ton *)olumpikw=s tw=| *swth=ri/ te kai\ *)olumpi/w|.

Notes (1)

= Photius, Lexicon tau477 Theodoridis (taken to come from Aelius Dionysius: tau25), though 'Plato in Republic' is the Suda's own addition. The headword phrase itself, which became proverbial, appears to derive from Sophocles fr. 425: spondh\ tri/tou krath=ros.
cf. generally kappa 2338.
1Plato, Republic 9.583B (web address 1). ↩

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τ1022Τρίτον ἡμίδραχμονthird half-drachma τ1023ΤριτοπάτορεςTritopatores, Tritopatreis τ1024Τρίτου κρατῆροςof the third krater, of the third mixing-bowl τ1025Τρίτῳ καὶ τετάρτῳ ἔτειin the third and fourth year τ1026Τριτωνὶς λίμνηLake Tritonis

Revision history6 revisions · last 10 Oct 2022

10 Oct 2022added a link — Catharine Roth
29 May 2016Revised — David Whitehead
26 Mar 2014expanded primary note — David Whitehead
15 Jan 2014Revised — David Whitehead
22 May 2011x-ref — David Whitehead
21 May 2011set status — Catharine Roth
20 May 2011Translated — David Whitehead

Translation

Greek original · Adler’s text

Notes (1)

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