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English: Anathematika

Posidippus, Epigrams, Pap. Mil. Vogl. VIII 309 Anathematika AB 36 (VI 10-17) To you, Arsinoe, this linen cloth from Naukratis      is dedicated, to waft with its folds, with which, dear lady, in a dream you wished to wipe off      your sweet sweat, upon putting an end to your busy toils. So you appeared, o brother-loving […]

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English: Oionoskopika

Posidippus, Epigrams, Pap. Mil. Vogl. VIII 309 Oiônoskopika AB 21 (IV 8-13) To a ship when launched at sea      may a falcon always mighty appear, not the shearwater of unclean wing. This bird is an ill omen      as it dives into the deep. But may it soar … completely. As if from an Ionian oak, […]

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English: Lithika

Posidippus Epigrams, Pap. Mil. Vogl. VIII 309 Lithika AB 1 (I 2-5) The Indus Hydaspes      … …      [ …….. ] slender Zen[ – – – ] Translated by E. Kosmetatou AB 2 (I 6-9) [ ……… ] lies a horn …      [ …… ] by Cronius going (?) … [ ….. ] for wine to […]

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Italian: Una selezione da Posidippo

Posidippus, Epigrams, Pap. Mil. Vogl. VIII 309, Una selezione da Posidippo (P. Mil. Vogl. VIII 309) Lithika AB 3 Questo [rubino] scintillante in cui [l’incisore ha intagliato]      una coppa rapisce le umide luci della vista [scavato com’è] in triplice voluta. Ma tu [apprezza] le novità      e [accogli,] signora, [questo dono] durante il convito. Traduzione: Franco […]

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Casey Dué, Homeric Variations on a Lament by Briseis: Table of Contents

  To refer to this please cite it in this way : Casey Dué, Homeric Variations on a Lament by Briseis, Table of Contents, https://www-current.chs.harvard.edu/publications. Center for Hellenic Studies, Washington, DC. 7/25/06 Contents Foreword by Gregory Nagy [vii] Acknowledgments [ix] List of Abbreviations [xi] Introduction: Variations on Briseis [1] 1. Briseis and the Multiformity of […]

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Douglas Frame, The Myth of Return in Early Greek Epic: Notes

top anchor To refer to this please cite it in this way : Douglas Frame, The Myth of Return in Early Greek Epic, Endnotes, https://www-current.chs.harvard.edu/publications.sec/online_print_books.ssp/. Center for Hellenic Studies, Washington, DC. September, 2005 Notes Note 1 As argued in chapter 2, section 1, the context of the form ne?ai in xi 114 – a prophecy […]

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Douglas Frame, The Myth of Return in Early Greek Epic: 7. Epilogue

top anchor To refer to this please cite it in this way : Douglas Frame, The Myth of Return in Early Greek Epic, 7: Epilogue, https://www-current.chs.harvard.edu/publications.sec/online_print_books.ssp/. Center for Hellenic Studies, Washington, DC. September, 2005 7. Epilogue Now that a connection has been established between Greek nóos and the Indo-European root nes-, it will be interesting […]

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Douglas Frame, The Myth of Return in Early Greek Epic: 6. Evidence for the Meaning of the Indo-European Root *nes-

To refer to this please cite it in this way : Douglas Frame, The Myth of Return in Early Greek Epic, 6: Evidence for the Meaning of the Indo-European Root *nes-, https://www-current.chs.harvard.edu/publications.sec/online_print_books.ssp/. Center for Hellenic Studies, Washington, DC. September, 2005 6. Evidence for the meaning of the Indo-European Root *nes- 1. Introduction The purpose of […]