Θεσπιέσι
to the Thespians
Translated by Ryan Stone19 Feb 2008Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
"Phryne dedicated to the Thespians the winged [...] Eros as payment on behalf of [her] children."1
Greek original · Adler’s text
Θεσπιέσι· Φρύνη τὸν πτερόεντα ἔρωτα μισθὸν ὑπὲρ τέκνων ἄνθετο Θεσπιέσι.
Betacode
*qespie/si: *fru/nh to\n ptero/enta e)/rwta misqo\n u(pe\r te/knwn a)/nqeto *qespie/si.
Notes (1)
- 1Greek Anthology 6.260.1-2 (Geminus), abridged. In line 2
te/knwn ('children') is a corruption ofle/ktrwn ('bed'). Phryne was a well-known courtesan; cf. phi 760. For Thespiai cf. theta 276, theta 277, theta 279. On this epigram, an inscription for Praxiteles's statue of Eros, given by him to Phryne, and dedicated by her at Thespiae in Boeotia, see Gow and Page vol. I (264-265) and vol. II (298-299). The suggestion thatte/knwn displacedle/ktrwn is due to Johann C. von Orelli (born in Zürich, of Italian-Swiss heritage, 1787-1849); cf. Gow and Page vol. II (298). Gow and Page, however, prefer (ibid.) the emendation given by Otto Jahn (German archaelogist and philologist, 1813-1869):texnw=n ('skills', 'arts'), e.g. "in payment for her arts"; cf. Gow and Page vol. I (265). ↩
References
A.S.F. Gow and D.L. Page, eds., The Greek Anthology: The Garland of Philip and Some Contemporary Epigrams, vol. I, (Cambridge, 1968)
A.S.F. Gow and D.L. Page, eds., The Greek Anthology: The Garland of Philip and Some Contemporary Epigrams, vol. II, (Cambridge, 1968)
A.S.F. Gow and D.L. Page, eds., The Greek Anthology: The Garland of Philip and Some Contemporary Epigrams, vol. II, (Cambridge, 1968)
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Revision history5 revisions · last 2 Nov 2022
- expanded n.1, added bibliography — Ronald Allen
- coding — David Whitehead
- more x-refs; tweaking — David Whitehead
- modified keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- tweaked translation, augmented note, added keywords — William Hutton
- Translated — Ryan Stone