Epigram 7.55

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Codex Palatinus 23 p. 216

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Λοκρίδος ἐν νέμεϊ σκιερῷ νέκυν Ἡσιόδοιο
νύμφαι κρηνίδων λοῦσαν ἀπὸ σφετέρων,
καὶ τάφον ὑψώσαντο: γάλακτι δὲ ποιμένες αἰγῶν
ἔρραναν, ξανθῷ μιξάμενοι μέλιτι:

τοίην γὰρ καὶ γῆρυν ἀπέπνεεν ἐννέα Μουσέων
ὁ πρέσβυς καθαρῶν γευσάμενος λιβάδων.

— Paton edition

Ninfe nell'ombra d'un bosco locrese lavarono il corpo
d'Esiodo morto, in acqua di sorgenti,
indi un tumulto in alto levarono; rorido latte
di caprai lo bagnò, con biondo miele;
tale la voce spirante del vecchio, che limpide stille
gustato aveva dalle nove Muse.

— Pontani, Filippo Maria (1978-81) (ed.): Antologia Palatina, 4 vols., Torino.

Comment

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genre 7.23

Libation (spondē) was an important part the ancient Greek religion, and more specifically, of the funerary rituals. Libation consisted of pouring milk, wine, honey, water or oil to the dead.

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Λοκρίδος ἐν νέμεϊ σκιερῷ νέκυν Ἡσιόδοιο
νύμφαι κρηνίδων λοῦσαν ἀπὸ σφετέρων ,
καὶ τάφον ὑψώσαντο : γάλακτι δὲ ποιμένες αἰγῶν
ἔρραναν , ξανθῷ μιξάμενοι μέλιτι :

τοίην γὰρ καὶ γῆρυν ἀπέπνεεν ἐννέα Μουσέων
πρέσβυς καθαρῶν γευσάμενος λιβάδων .

In a shady grove of Locris the Nymphs washed the
body of Hesiod with water from their springs and
raised a tomb to him . And on it the goat - herds
poured libations of milk mixed with golden honey .
For even such was the song the old man breathed
who had tasted the pure fountains of the nine Muses .

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