Ὑληωροί

wood-watchers

Translated by David Whitehead27 Aug 2008Vetting: high4 revisions

19 words

Translation

[Meaning] those whose concern is the activities in the wood. [He] is speaking of the guards of the mountain.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ὑληωροί· οἷς τὰ διὰ τῆς ὕλης ἔργα ἐν φροντίδι ἐστί. λέγει δὲ τοὺς φύλακας τοῦ ὄρους.

Betacode
*(ulhwroi/: oi(=s ta\ dia\ th=s u(/lhs e)/rga e)n fronti/di e)sti/. le/gei de\ tou\s fu/lakas tou= o)/rous. 

Notes

  1. The headword, a nominative plural, is evidently quoted from somewhere; it has been claimed as Callimachus, Hecale fr. 373 Pfeiffer (contextless), but it also occurs in Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 1.1227 (web address 1).

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Revision history4 revisions · last 20 Nov 2013
  1. Revised — David Whitehead
  2. upgraded link — Catharine Roth
  3. expanded note — David Whitehead
  4. added link, set status — Catharine Roth
  5. Translated — David Whitehead

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