Ταυτότης

sameness

Translated by James Inman6 Mar 2014Vetting: high3 revisions

2 notes · 24 words

Translation

[Meaning] likeness.1
The Pisidian [writes]: "[...] heaped with the sameness of my tears. And joy often fosters joy; and one wakens tears with tears."2

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ταυτότης· ἡ ὁμοιότης. Πισίδης· τῇ ταυτότητι συγχυθεὶς τῶν δακρύων. καὶ τὴν χαρὰν γὰρ πολλάκις χαρὰ τρέφει· καὶ δάκρυσίν τις ἐξεγείρει δάκρυα.

Betacode
*tauto/ths: h( o(moio/ths. *pisi/dhs: th=| tauto/thti sugxuqei\s tw=n dakru/wn. kai\ th\n xara\n ga\r polla/kis xara\ tre/fei: kai\ da/krusi/n tis e)cegei/rei da/krua. 

Notes (2)

  1. 1For the headword noun see also tau 189. ↩
  2. 2George of Pisidia, De Expeditione Persica 3.133-5 Tartaglia, on the poet's emotions while witnessing the departure of Heraclius from Constantinople to begin the Persian expedition (April 622); cf. Kaegi (112) and Tartaglia (118-119, note 104; 503, note 115). On Heraclius, see generally eta 465. ↩

References


W.E. Kaegi, Heraclius, Emperor of Byzantium, (Cambridge 2003)
L. Tartaglia, ed., Carmi di Giorgio di Pisidia, (Torino 1998)

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Revision history3 revisions · last 15 Dec 2025
  1. expanded n.2; added bibliography, cross-reference, and keywords — Ronald Allen
  2. another note and keyword; tweaking; raised status — David Whitehead
  3. cosmetics — Catharine Roth
  4. Translated — James Inman

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