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Headword:
Aisa
Adler number: alphaiota,315
Translated headword: destiny
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Meaning] fate.[1]
In the Epigrams: "I am not jealous: I wish I had your destiny."[2]
Also [sc. attested is] destiny [in the sense of] madness. "Him a great destiny holds." That is, madness.[3]
Greek Original:Aisa: hê moira. en Epigrammasin: ou phthoneô: tên sên êthelon aisan echein. kai Aisa, hê mania. ton ais' aplastos ischei. toutestin hê mania.
Notes:
[1] Same glossing in other lexica and grammars, and in the
scholia to
Homer,
Iliad 1.416, where the headword occurs.
[2]
Greek Anthology 5.295.2 (Leontios), while his love interest sips a drink, the poet wishes that he was as lucky as her cup.
[3]
Sophocles,
Ajax 256 (web address 1), with scholion; copied from
alpha 3224.
Web address 1
Keywords: definition; epic; gender and sexuality; medicine; poetry; religion; tragedy; women
Translated by: Bobbiejo Winfrey on 17 March 2003@19:35:02.
Vetted by:Catharine Roth (modified translation, added notes, link, keywords) on 18 March 2003@00:52:03.
David Whitehead (added keyword; cosmetics) on 18 March 2003@02:56:47.
David Whitehead (another note; more keywords; tweaks and cosmetics) on 17 May 2012@03:45:52.
Catharine Roth (upgraded link) on 27 May 2012@00:47:43.
David Whitehead (cosmetics) on 30 November 2015@06:00:16.
Ronald Allen (expanded n.2, added keywords) on 12 September 2023@23:08:58.
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