Greek Question
Posted by sophie on 19 Jan 2015 in Activity log
Hi Lauren,
In Iliad bk 20.4 Butler uses the broad term nymphs but we don't have an overarching group name for all the Hesperides, Hyades, Oreads, Naiads, etc. Here is the Greek:
IL.20.7 οὔτέ τις οὖν ποταμῶν ἀπέην νόσφ' Ὠκεανοῖο,
IL.20.7 There was no river who was not there, except only Ocean,
IL.20.8 οὔτ' ἄρα [18[19νυμφάων αἵ τ'19] ἄλσεα [20καλὰ νέμονται18]20]
IL.20.8 there was not any one of the nymphs who live in the lovely
IL.20.9 [21καὶ πηγὰς ποταμῶν καὶ πίσεα ποιήεντα.21]
IL.20.9 groves, and the springs of rivers and grass of the meadows, who came not.
How should I mark up the group nymphs?