By John A. MacPhail Jr.
ISBN-10: 3110195437
ISBN-13: 9783110195439
The Homeric Questions of the thinker Porphyry (3rd cent. CE) is a vital paintings within the background of Homeric feedback. Porphyry applies the dictum that 'the poet explains himself' to resolve questions of interpretation in Homer. This re-creation of the questions about the Iliad gets rid of a lot that was once wrongly attributed to Porphyry within the outdated variation (1880). within the curiosity of the non-specialist, the recent textual content has a dealing with translation in English. The statement explains Porphyry´s arguments and the editor´s textual judgements.
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4] So in this way earrings are called “insertions” (hermata) from having being inserted: “And then she put earrings (hermata) in her well-pierced earlobes” (Il. 182). [5] And the foot of a bed [is] a “foundation” (hermis), a “support”, as it were, propped on the ground. [6] And “we killed a support (herma) of the city” (Od. 121), that is to say “the bulwark and foundation”, resulting from the fact that it [sc. the city] is supported (erƝreisthai) on the ground (era). [7] Also, an adornment around the neck is a hormos: “holding a golden necklace” (Od.
20 P. refutes Aristotle (Poetics 1454b): ijĮȞİȡઁȞ ȠȞ IJȚ țĮ IJȢ ȜȪıİȚȢ IJȞ ȝȪșȦȞ ਥȟ ĮIJȠ૨ įİ IJȠ૨ ȝȪșȠȣ ıȣȝȕĮȓȞİȚȞ, țĮ ȝ ਥȞ IJૌ ȂȘįİȓ ਕʌઁ ȝȘȤĮȞોȢ țĮਥȞ IJૌ ȜȚȐįȚ IJ ʌİȡ IJઁȞ ਕʌȩʌȜȠȣȞ. 21 The defense of Athena’s intervention is a precursor to Lesky’s concept of “double motivation”. 38 Text and Translation Ǻ 145 [1] IJઁ țȡȚȠȞ ʌȜĮȖȠȢ (Il. 145) ʌȠȜțȣȝંȞ ਥıIJȚ țĮ IJĮȡĮȤįİȢ, [2] IJૌ ȝȞ ਕȞĮıʌȦȝȞȠȣ IJȠ૨ ૧ંșȠȣ ʌİȡ ਡȝʌİȜȠȞ ਕțȡȦIJȡȚȠȞ IJોȢ ȈȝȠȣ țĮ ਕȞĮțȠʌIJȠȝȞȠȣ IJĮȢ ȀȠȡıİĮȢ, [3] ਥʌİȖİȚȡȠȝȞȦȞ į țĮ ϳįȚϴ IJȢ IJȞ ਕȞȝȦȞ ਥțȕȠȜȢ ਥʌĮȜȜȜȦȞ țȣȝIJȦȞ, [4] ʌİȡȚȕİȕȜȘȝȞȦȞ ʌĮȞIJĮȤંșİȞ ੰįİ IJ ʌİȜȖİȚ ȞıȦȞ ਕʌȜIJȦȞā [5] IJૌ ȝȞ ȃȟȠȣ IJİ țĮ ȆȡȠȣ, IJૌ į ਕȞIJȚʌȡĮȢ ੱȜȚȡȠȣ IJİ țĮ ȂİȜȞIJȠȣ ıțȠʌȜȦȞ țĮ ǻȜȠȣ țĮ ȂȣțંȞȠȣ, [6] țĮ ਕȞĮșȜȕȠȞIJȠȢ IJȢ ȞıȠȣȢ IJȠȢ ਦĮȣIJȠ૨ IJંȞȠȚȢ IJȠ૨ ǹੁȖĮȠȣ ʌİȜȖȠȣȢ, IJોȢ IJİ ਥʌȚțİȚȝȞȘȢ țĮȡĮȢ ȞıȠȣ țĮ ʌĮȞIJĮȤંșİȞ țȣȝĮȚȞȠȝȞȘȢ.
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