Ἴδας

From LSJ
Revision as of 13:58, 17 August 2017 by Spiros (talk | contribs) (21)
(diff) ← Older revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)

Εἰ μὲν ἐπ' ἀμφοτέροισιν, Ἔρως, ἴσα τόξα τιταίνεις, εἶ θεός (Rufinus, Greek Anthology 5.97) → If, Eros, you're stretching your bow at both equally, then you're a god.

Source

English (Slater)

Ἴδας son of Aphareus, king of Messene, and brother of Lynkeus. τὸν γὰρ (sc. Κάστορα)
   1 Ἴδας ἀμφὶ βουσίν πως χολωθεὶς ἔτρωσεν χαλκέας λόγχας ἀκμᾷ (N. 10.60) Ζεὺς δ' ἐπ Ἴδᾳ πυρφόρον πλᾶξε ψολόεντα κεραυνόν (N. 10.71)