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Διόνυσος

OdradekOdradek
edited 2013-04-03 22:23:15 in General

ἥκω Διὸς παῖς τήνδε Θηβαίων χθόνα 
Διόνυσος, ὃν τίκτει ποθ᾽ ἡ Κάδμου κόρη 
Σεμέλη λοχευθεῖσ᾽ ἀστραπηφόρῳ πυρί: 
μορφὴν δ᾽ ἀμείψας ἐκ θεοῦ βροτησίαν 
5πάρειμι Δίρκης νάματ᾽ Ἰσμηνοῦ θ᾽ ὕδωρ. 
ὁρῶ δὲ μητρὸς μνῆμα τῆς κεραυνίας 
τόδ᾽ ἐγγὺς οἴκων καὶ δόμων ἐρείπια 
τυφόμενα Δίου πυρὸς ἔτι ζῶσαν φλόγα, 

Comments

  • Imipolex GImipolex G
    Touch the cow. Do it now.
    Google Translate sez something about Theban Zeus, Dionysus and cadmium.
  • Sredni VashtarSredni Vashtar
    “I'm surprised. Those clothes… but, aren't you…?”
    Dionysos

    eko Dios pais tende Thebaion chthona
    Dionysos, on tiktei poth' e Kadmos kore
    Semele locheutheis' astrapephoro pyri:
    morphen d' ameipsas ek theou brotesian
    pareimi Dirkes namat' Ismenou th' udor.
    oro de metros mnema tes keraunias
    tod' eggus oikon kai domon ereipia
    typhomena Dion pyros eti zosan phloga,

    I recognise some of the words here beyond the names: "God," "fire," "ground," "home," et cetera.

    I think it's about the house of Cadmus after the founding of Thebes and Dionysus' putting a curse on them later on.
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