Θαλήτας

Thaletas

Translated by David Whitehead3 Nov 2005Vetting: high6 revisions

1 note · 13 words
of Crete, or Illyria;1 a lyric poet; lived before Homer. [He wrote] songs.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Θαλήτας, Κρής, ἢ Ἰλλυριός, λυρικός, γεγονὼς πρὸ Ὁμήρου. μέλη.

Betacode
*qalh/tas, *krh/s, h)\ *)illurio/s, luriko/s, gegonw\s pro\ *(omh/rou. me/lh.

Notes (1)

  1. OCD(4) s.v.
    Strabo 10.4.19 gives the name as Thales, but Thaletas (in e.g. [Plutarch], de musica passim) seems the more authentic version.
  2. 1cf. theta 22, where (presumably) this same Thaletas is said to come 'from Knossos' (in Crete). In the present entry Illyrios has been conjectured to be an error for Elyrios, i.e. from Cretan Elyros; if so, as Bernhardy noted, one would then delete 'or'. ↩

References


M.L. West, Ancient Greek Music (Oxford 1992) index s.v.

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θ19ΘαλῆςThalesθ20ΘάληςThalesθ21ΘαλήταςThaletasθ22ΘαλήταςThaletasθ23Θαλίαιςfestivities
Revision history6 revisions · last 15 Dec 2014
  1. coding — Catharine Roth
  2. Revised — David Whitehead
  3. Revised — David Whitehead
  4. corrected n.1 — David Whitehead
  5. augmented notes — David Whitehead
  6. set status — Catharine Roth
  7. Translated — David Whitehead

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