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Headword:
*)amfiforh=a
Adler number: alpha,1780
Translated headword: amphora, two-handled jug
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Meaning a] vessel.[1]
In the Epigrams: "Who filled me -- a two-handled jug fashioned for Dionysus, the wine-vessel for holding Adriatic nectar -- with Demeter's stuff? Was it envy of Bacchus towards me or a lack of a suitable jar for corn-ears? He shamed both: Bacchus has been robbed, and Demeter does not accept drunkenness as a companion."[2]
Greek Original:*)amfiforh=a: a)ggei=on. e)n *)epigra/mmasi: ti/s me *diwnu/sw| peplasme/non a)mfiforh=a, ti/s me to\n *)adriakou= ne/ktaros oi)nodo/kon *dhou=s e)plh/rwse; ti/s o( fqo/nos ei)s e)me\ *ba/kxou h)\ spa/nis oi)kei/ou teu/xeos a)staxu/wn; a)mfote/rous h)/|sxune: sesu/lhtai me\n o( *ba/kxos, *dhmh/thr de\ me/qhn su/ntrofon ou) de/xetai.
Notes:
The headword, accusative case, might be extracted from the quotation given here but more probably from
Homer,
Odyssey 24.74.
See also
alpha 1779.
[1] Same glossing for the plural in other lexica; references at
Photius alpha1374 Theodoridis.
[2] A mildly garbled version of
Greek Anthology 6.257 (
Antiphilus), an amphora's lament after having been filled with grain; cf. Gow and Page vol. I (104-105), vol. II (131), and this extract again in part at
sigma 1350. Gow and Page note (ibid.) that empty wine vessels were--despite the umbrage out of the amphora--routinely used for storing various solids.
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)
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Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 26 August 2000@15:50:08.
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