Ὑπερέσχεθε γαίης

stood over the earth

Translated by Ioannis Doukas15 Oct 2007Vetting: high3 revisions

2 notes · 26 words

Translation

Concerning the sun Homer says, through a heroic character,1 that its risings occur above the earth, but he himself [says] that it occurs from the ocean.2

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ὑπερέσχεθε γαίης· Ὅμηρος περὶ ἡλίου φησὶν ἐξ ἡρωϊκοῦ προσώπου ὑπὲρ γῆν τὰς ἀνατολὰς εἶναι, ὁ δὲ αὐτὸς ἐκ τοῦ ἰδίου προσώπου ἐξ ὠκεανοῦ.

Betacode
*(upere/sxeqe gai/hs: *(/omhros peri\ h(li/ou fhsi\n e)c h(rwi+kou= prosw/pou u(pe\r gh=n ta\s a)natola\s ei)=nai, o( de\ au)to\s e)k tou= i)di/ou prosw/pou e)c w)keanou=. 

Notes (2)

  1. The headword comes from Homer, Iliad 11.735 (web address 1), the gloss from the A scholia thereto. The same verse is quoted in phi 16 (q.v.); see also Hesychius s.v. u(pere/sxeqe gai/hs.
  2. 1Nestor. ↩
  3. 2Homer, Iliad 7.422 (web address 2). For Ocean see omega 43. ↩

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Revision history3 revisions · last 21 Nov 2013
  1. Revised — David Whitehead
  2. tweaked tr; cosmetics — David Whitehead
  3. cosmetics, cross-reference, status — Catharine Roth
  4. Translated — Ioannis Doukas

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“stood over the earth.” Suda On Line. Tr. Ioannis Doukas. 15 October 2007. <https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/upsilon/268>. Read at ReadSuda: <https://readsuda.org/upsilon/268>.

Translation by Ioannis Doukas for Suda On Line, revised by David Whitehead, Catharine Roth, licensed CC BY-NC-SA 1.0. Shown unchanged, under the same licence, non-commercially. Licence & terms

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