Τυφών
typhoon
Translated by William Hutton20 Feb 2013Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] a violent thunderstorm, massive and windy. Or a smoky wind that bursts forth from a cloud.1
It is also spoken with a sigma [i.e.]tufw/s .
"A lamb, boys, bring out a black lamb, for a typhoon is about to break out."2 Because they call stormy winds a typhoon. It was customary to slaughter a black lamb for him,3 so that the wind would cease.
It is also spoken with a sigma [i.e.]
"A lamb, boys, bring out a black lamb, for a typhoon is about to break out."2 Because they call stormy winds a typhoon. It was customary to slaughter a black lamb for him,3 so that the wind would cease.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Τυφών· κεραυνὸς βίαιος, πολὺς καὶ πνευματώδης. ἢ πνεῦμα καπνῶδες, ἐρρωγὸς ἀπὸ νέφους. λέγεται καὶ διὰ τοῦ ς τυφώς· ἄρν', ἄρνα μέλαιναν παῖδες ἐξενέγκατε· τυφὼς γὰρ ἐκβαίνειν παρασκευάζεται. τοὺς γὰρ καταιγιδώδεις ἀνέμους τυφὼς καλοῦσι. τούτῳ ἐνόμιζον μέλανα ἄρνα σφαγιάζειν, ὅπως λήξῃ τὸ πνεῦμα.
Betacode
*tufw/n: kerauno\s bi/aios, polu\s kai\ pneumatw/dhs. h)\ pneu=ma kapnw=des, e)rrwgo\s a)po\ ne/fous. le/getai kai\ dia\ tou= s tufw/s: a)/rn', a)/rna me/lainan pai=des e)cene/gkate: tufw\s ga\r e)kbai/nein paraskeua/zetai. tou\s ga\r kataigidw/deis a)ne/mous tufw\s kalou=si. tou/tw| e)no/mizon me/lana a)/rna sfagia/zein, o(/pws lh/ch| to\ pneu=ma.
Notes (3)
- See also tau 1222, tau 1223, tau 1125, tau 1226, tau 1127, tau 1228.
- 1From Diogenes Laertius 7.154 (Stoic doctrine). See web address 1. ↩
- 2Aristophanes, Frogs 847-8 (web address 2), followed by comments from the scholia. In both the quotation and the comments the spelling with sigma,
tufw/s , is used. ↩ - 3In parts of the scholia not reproduced here, it is clear that the scholiast interprets the sacrifice as being to the demon/divinity Typhon (tau 1228), who either derives his name from or gives his name to the meteorological phenomenon in question. ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 penelope.uchicago.edu
- Web address 2 perseus.tufts.edu
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Revision history4 revisions · last 29 Oct 2022
- another link — Catharine Roth
- added a link — Catharine Roth
- Revised — David Whitehead
- another note and keyword; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — William Hutton