Θεσμοφόρος
Thesmophoros, Thesmophorus
Translated by Ioannis Doukas22 Aug 2007Vetting: high6 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Θεσμοφόρος. ὅτι Βάττος ὁ Κυρήνην κτίσας τῆς Θεσμοφόρου τὰ μυστήρια ἐγλίχετο μαθεῖν καὶ προσῆγε βίαν λίχνοις ὀφθαλμοῖς χαριζόμενος.
Betacode
*qesmofo/ros. o(/ti *ba/ttos o( *kurh/nhn kti/sas th=s *qesmofo/rou ta\ musth/ria e)gli/xeto maqei=n kai\ prosh=ge bi/an li/xnois o)fqalmoi=s xarizo/menos.
Notes (3)
- Aelian fr. 47a Domingo-Forasté (44 Hercher). On this narrative, see also Detienne 1989.
- 1On Battus (beta 185, beta 186, beta 187) and the founding of Cyrene (kappa 2757), see Herodotus 4.150-158 (web address 1), Pindar, Pythians 4 and 5 (web addresses 2 and 3) and the corresponding scholia, esp. on Pythian 5.96b; also Callimachus, Hymn to Apollo 67-76 (web address 4). ↩
- 2i.e. Demeter; cf. theta 270. On the sanctuary of Demeter and Persephone in Cyrene, see White 1981; a recent (2004) picture of the sanctuary at web address 5. ↩
- 3cf. the phrase
li/xnon o)/mma in a similar context at lambda 633 = pi 1560 (Aelian again, and also concerning mystery-ceremonies). ↩
References
Detienne, M., "The violence of wellborn ladies: women in the Thesmophoria", in Detienne, M. – Vernant, J.-P. (edd.), The Cuisine of Sacrifice among the Greeks , Chicago 1989, pp. 129-147
White, D., "Cyrene’s Sanctuary of Demeter and Persephone: a summary of a decade of excavation", American Journal of Archaeology 85.1 (1981), pp. 13-30
White, D., "Cyrene’s Sanctuary of Demeter and Persephone: a summary of a decade of excavation", American Journal of Archaeology 85.1 (1981), pp. 13-30
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
- Web address 2 perseus.tufts.edu
- Web address 3 perseus.tufts.edu
- Web address 4 perseus.tufts.edu
- Web address 5 cyrenaica.org
Linked from2 entries
- θ270ΘεσμοφόριαThesmophoriaName of a festival. "Just as at the Thesmophoria we fast [without] sacrifices."
- θ271Θεσμοφόροςstatute-bearer, statute-bearing[Meaning] one who gives the laws. In the Epigrams [it is written]: "famous [Niko] promised to come to me tonight, and she swore by the revered Statute-bearer."
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