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Headword:
*monw|di/a
Adler number: mu,1244
Translated headword: monody
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Meaning] a song [sc. sung] from a skene in plays. And [the verb] 'to sing a monody' [means] to lament. The term 'monody' is used when a single person utters the song and not the chorus as a whole.[1]
A 'monody' is a song of lament, possessing neither individualisation nor characterisation.[2]
"And more to the point, while others lament those who have lapsed from wisdom, you have lamented as sinners those who never even sampled it."[3]
Greek Original:*monw|di/a: h( a)po\ skhnh=s w)|dh\ e)n toi=s dra/masi. kai\ monw|dei=n to\ qrhnei=n. *monw|di/a le/getai, o(/tan ei(=s mo/nos le/gh| th\n w)|dh\n kai\ ou)x o(mou= o( xoro/s. *monw|di/a e)sti\ qrh=nos w)|dh=s mh/te proswpopoii/+an e)/xwn mh/t' h)qopoii/+an. kai\ to\ mei=zon, oi( me\n a)/lloi tou\s e)kpeptwko/tas sofi/as qrhnou=si, su\ de\ w(s a)lithri/ous kai\ mhde/pote geusame/nous au)th=s teqrh/nhkas.
Notes:
See already
mu 1242,
mu 1243.
[1] Similar material in
Photius (mu528 Theodoridis) and other lexica.
[2] The source of this interesting remark is unknown. (For characterisation see generally
eta 157.)
[3] Tentatively attributed by Adler to
Damascius; now
Damascius,
Life of Isidore fr.391 Zintzen.
Translated by: David Whitehead on 5 August 2009@08:01:08.
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