Τηθύς

Tethys

Translated by David Whitehead23 May 2014Vetting: high4 revisions

2 notes · 24 words

[Meaning] the sea.¹
"Nor, you marvel, will you lift the Nereids on your back, as before, and ferry them to the limits of Tethys".²

Greek original · Adler’s text

Τηθύς· ἡ θάλασσα. οὐδὲ σύ γ', ἀφρηστά, Νηρηΐδας, ὡς πρίν, ἀείρων νώτοις πορθμεύσεις Τηθύος εἰς πέρατα.

Betacode

*thqu/s: h( qa/lassa. ou)de\ su/ g', a)frhsta/, *nhrhi/+das, w(s pri/n, a)ei/rwn nw/tois porqmeu/seis *thqu/os ei)s pe/rata.

Notes (2)

See generally H.J. Rose in OCD(4) s.v.
1Contrast tau 475. ↩
2Greek Anthology 7.214.5-6 (Archias), addressed to a dolphin. Find another excerpt from this epigram at pi 2264. ↩

Linked from1 entry

τ475ΤηθύςTethys[Meaning] the earth. [So called] from being a nurse [tiqh/nh] and one who rears. Homer [writes]: "Oceanus, the origin of the gods, and mother Tethys." That is, wet nature and dry nature.

Neighbouring entries

τ472Τήθηgrandmother τ473Τηθίςauntie τ474ΤηθύςTethys τ475ΤηθύςTethys τ476ΤηιῖταιTeiitai

Revision history4 revisions · last 28 May 2023

28 May 2023added cross reference n.2 — Ronald Allen
5 Aug 2014Revised — David Whitehead
23 May 2014added a note — David Whitehead
23 May 2014coding, status — Catharine Roth
23 May 2014Translated — David Whitehead