Ὑπάτη
topmost; ultimate
Translated by Ioannis Doukas28 Jul 2009Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ὑπάτη· χορδὴ μουσική, βαρὺν φθόγγον ἀποτελοῦσα. νοῦσον ὅτ' ἐς ὑπάτην ὠλίσθανε, τέρμα τ' ἄφυκτον, εἶδεν ἀριστείην ἐμφανὲς εἰς ἰδίην· πῆξε δ' ὑπὸ σπλάγχνοισιν ἑὸν ἔγχος.
Betacode
*(upa/th: xordh\ mousikh/, baru\n fqo/ggon a)potelou=sa. nou=son o(/t' e)s u(pa/thn w)li/sqane, te/rma t' a)/fukton, ei)=den a)ristei/hn e)mfane\s ei)s i)di/hn: ph=ce d' u(po\ spla/gxnoisin e(o\n e)/gxos.
Notes (3)
- 1cf. ps.-Herodian 140, ps.-Zonaras 1770. ↩
- 2The headword itself and the gloss given to it here sound incompatible but are not. See LSJ s.v. ('the highest of the three strings ... but the lowest in pitch') and esp. M.L. West, Ancient Greek Music (Oxford 1992) 64, with 219-220. ↩
- 3An approximation of Greek Anthology 7.233.3-5 (Apollonides), rather than die of sickness, a military leader commits suicide; cf. Gow and Page, vol. I (138-139) and vol. II (158). Gow and Page note (vol. I, 139) that here the Anthologia Palatina (AP) transmits
neu=son ("beckoning", "nodding"). However, along with the Anthologia Planudea and the Suda, they follow (ibid.) an emendation given by the AP scribe designated C (the Corrector) in readingnou=son ("illness"). ↩
References
A.S.F. Gow and D.L. Page, The Greek Anthology: The Garland of Philip, vol. I, (Cambridge, 1968)
A.S.F. Gow and D.L. Page, The Greek Anthology: The Garland of Philip, vol. II, (Cambridge, 1968)
A.S.F. Gow and D.L. Page, The Greek Anthology: The Garland of Philip, vol. II, (Cambridge, 1968)
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Revision history4 revisions · last 7 Sep 2022
- expanded n.3, added bibliography, added keyword — Ronald Allen
- Revised — David Whitehead
- another keyword — David Whitehead
- augmented notes and keywords; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Ioannis Doukas