Πότερα τῶν ζῴων φρονιμώτερα τὰ χερσαῖα ἢ τὰ ἔνυδρα

Satırlar

– – – – – – – 1 – 1 1 – 1 1 – 1 2 – 2 2 – 2 3 – 3 3 – 3 3 – 3 3 – 3 3 – 4 4 – 4 4 – 5 5 – 5 5 – 5 6 – 6 7 – 7 7 – 7 8 – 8 8 – 9 9 – 9 10 – 10 10 – 10 10 – 10 10 – 10 11 – 11 11 – 11 11 – 12 12 – 12 12 – 12 13 – 13 13 – 13 13 – 13 14 – 14 14 – 14 15 – 15 15 – 16 16 – 16 16 – 16 16 – 16 17 – 17 17 – 18 18 – 18 19 – 19 19 – 19 19 – 19 20 – 20 20 – 20 21 – 21 22 – 22 23 – 23 23 – 23 23 – 23 24 – 24 24 – 24 24 – 24 25 – 25 25 – 25 26 – 26 26 – 26 27 – 27 27 – 27 27 – 27 28 – 28 29 – 29 29 – 29 30 – 30 30 – 30 31 – 31 31 – 31 31 – 31 32 – 32 33 – 33 33 – 33 34 – 34 34 – 34 35 – 35 35 – 35 36 – 36 36 – 36 36 – 36 36 – 36 36 – app app – app app – app app – app app – app app – app

İngilizce İngilizce Yunanca

35 But, dear Poseidon! What an absurd and ridiculous error I have almost fallen into: while I am spending my time on seals and frogs, I have neglected and omitted the wisest of sea creatures, the most beloved of the gods!As it is to Thetis: Virgil, Georgics, i. 399. For what nightingales are to be compared with the halcyonSee Thompson, Glossary of Greek Birds, s.v.; Kraak, Mnemosyne (3rd series), vii. 142; Pliny, Nat. Hist. x. 89 ff.; Aelian, De Natura Animal. vii. 17; Gow on Theocritus, vii. 57; and the pleasant work Halcyon found in mss. of Lucian and Plato. for its love of sweet sound, or what swallows for its love of offspring, or what doves for its love of its mate, or what bees for its skill in construction ? What creature’s procreation and birth pangs has the godPoseidon. so honoured ? For Leto’s parturition,For the birth of Apollo and Artemis. so they say, only one islandDelos, the wandering island. was made firm to receive her; but when the halcyon lays her eggs, about the time of the winter solstice, the godPoseidon. brings the whole sea to rest, without a wave, without a swell. And this is the reason why there is no other creature that men love more. Thanks to her they sail the sea without a fear in the dead of winter for seven days and seven nights.The Halcyon Days (Suidas, s.v.); Aristotle, Historia Animal. v. 8 (542 b 6 ff.); Aelian, De Natura Animal. i. 36; Pliny, Nat. Hist. xviii. 231; al. For the moment, journey by sea is safer for them than by land. If it is proper to speak briefly of her several virtues, she is so devoted to her mate that she keeps him company, not for a single season, but throughout the year. Yet it is not through wantonness that she admits him to her company, for she never consorts at all with any other male; it is through friendship and affection, as with any lawful wife. When by reason of old age the male becomes too weak and sluggish to keep up with her, she takes the burden on herself, carries him and feeds him, never forsaking, never abandoning him; but mounting him on her own shoulders, she conveys him everywhere she goes and looks after him, abiding with him until the end. Cf. Alcman’s famous lines: frag. 26 Edmonds (Lyra Graeca, i, p. 72, L.C.L.), frag. 94 Diehl (Anth. Lyrica, ii, p. 34); Antigonus, Hist. Mirab. 23; al.

← Önceki 83 / 94 Sonraki →

Şifre Yenileme