Τάρταρος

Tartaros, Tartarus

Translated by David Whitehead13 May 2004Vetting: high6 revisions

2 notes · 31 words
The lower place of the underworld. And Tartarus is also what they call the place amongst the clouds. [Thus in] On the soul.1
Also [sc. attested is the phrase] 'Tartarean pit'.2

Greek original · Adler’s text

Τάρταρος· ὁ κατώτερος τοῦ ᾅδου τόπος. καὶ Τάρταρον, τὸν περὶ τὰ νέφη τόπον οὕτω λέγουσι. Περὶ ψυχῆς. καὶ Ταρτάρειος βόθρος.

Betacode
*ta/rtaros: o( katw/teros tou= a(/|dou to/pos. kai\ *ta/rtaron, to\n peri\ ta\ ne/fh to/pon ou(/tw le/gousi. *peri\ yuxh=s. kai\ *tarta/reios bo/qros.

Notes (2)

  1. See Homer, Iliad 8.13ff, and generally OCD(4) s.v. Tartarus; cf. under epsilon 2921, epsilon 3709, pi 1709, sigma 645, sigma 759, chi 84.
  2. 1i.e. Plato, Phaedo 112A (web address 1). ↩
  3. 2Presumably quoted from somewhere, but unidentifiable. (Lucian has 'Tartarean deep', ba/qos.) ↩

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  2. Revised — David Whitehead
  3. Revised — David Whitehead
  4. Revised — David Whitehead
  5. x-refs — David Whitehead
  6. added link, set status — Catharine Roth
  7. Translated — David Whitehead

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