\u03a0\u03c1\u03c9\u03c4\u03bf\u03b3\u03cc\u03bd\u03bf\u03c5, \u03b8\u03c5\u03bc\u03af\u03b1\u03bc\u03b1 \u03c3\u03bc\u03cd\u03c1\u03bd\u03b1\u03bd For Protogonos, incense of myrrh<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n I call (by name) Protogonos of double-nature, great one, heaven-wandering,<\/p>\n egg-born, exalting in golden wings,<\/p>\n bull-faced, origin of the blessed and mortal among humans,<\/p>\n much-remembering seed, much-celebrated, Erikepaios,<\/p>\n unspoken, hidden heart-beat(1), radiant young seed,<\/p>\n he who brought down darkness(2) from his eyes lifted dark(3) fog<\/p>\n everywhere, spun round flying, flapping down (from) the cosmos<\/p>\n bearing radiant holy light, from desire I call thee, Phanes<\/p>\n and lord Priapos and quick-glancing(4) Antauge.<\/p>\n Another, blessed, of much wisdom(5), with many seeds(6), rejoicing you come<\/p>\n into the holy rite of initiation and manifold orgies(7).<\/p>\n 1 \u1fe5\u03bf\u03b9\u03b6\u03ae\u03c4\u03bf\u03c1\u03b1 (\u201crhoidzetora\u201d) \u2013accusative noun, appearing to come from the root words \u1fe5\u03bf\u03b9\u03b6- (\u201crhoidz-\u201c : buzzing, grinding, rushing sound, roar or whistle) and\u00a0 \u1f20\u03c4\u03bf\u03c1- (\u201cetor-\u201d : heart or lung).<\/p>\n 2 \u03c3\u03ba\u03bf\u03c4\u03cc\u03b5\u03c3\u03c3\u03b1\u03bd (\u201cskotoessan\u201d) \u2013 participle aorist feminine singular present accusative, appearing to come from \u03c3\u03ba\u03bf\u03c4\u03cc\u03c2 (\u201cskotos\u201d : darkness) and \u1f35\u03b6\u03c9 (\u201chidzo\u201d : bring down).\u00a0 Interestingly, although the masculine pronoun \u1f43\u03c2 (\u201chos\u201d) is used directly in front of this participle, it is feminine\u2014perhaps this is part of the double nature of Phanes?<\/p>\n 3 \u1f00\u03c0\u03b7\u03bc\u03b1\u03cd\u03c0\u03c9\u03c1\u03c3\u03b1\u03c2 (\u201capemauporasas\u201d) \u2013from\u00a0 \u1f00\u03c0\u03b1\u03bc\u03b1\u03c5\u03c1\u03cc\u03c9 (\u201capamauroo\u201d : bring down darkness), for which I was only able to find one source which I cannot re-find due to its obscurity.\u00a0 Hopefully preserving this note here will save someone else a bit of trouble in the future.<\/p>\n 5 \u1f10\u03bb\u03af\u03ba\u03c9\u03c0\u03bf\u03bd (\u201celikopon\u201d) \u2013 noun? adj? masculine accusative singular OR neuter singular nominative or accusative, from \u1f10\u03bb\u03af\u03ba\u03c9\u03c8? (\u201celikops\u201d : quick-glancing, rolling eyes).<\/p>\n 6 \u03bc\u03b5\u03c4\u03b9\u03c2 (\u201cmetis\u201d) is wisdom, craft, and skill simultaneously.\u00a0 I considered rendering it as \u201ccrafty\u201d but thought that to blithe.<\/p>\n 7 \u03c0\u03bf\u03bb\u1f7a\u03c3\u03c0\u03bf\u03c1\u03b5 (\u201cpoluspore\u201d) \u2013masculine accusative singular, from \u03c0\u03bf\u03bb\u03c5 (\u201cpoly\u201d : many\/much) and \u03c3\u03c0\u03bf\u03c1 (\u201cspor\u201d) which I guessed to mean seed.<\/p>\n 8 \u1f40\u03c1\u03b3\u03b9\u03bf\u03c6\u03b1\u03bd\u03c4\u03b1\u03b9\u03c2 (\u201corgiophantais)\u2013feminine dative plural, appears to be a compound of \u1f44\u03c1\u03b3\u03b9\u03bf\u03bd (\u201corgion\u201d : religious festival) and \u03c6\u03b1\u03bd\u03c4\u03b1\u03c3\u03b9\u03ac (\u201cphantasia\u201d : spectacle) or \u03c6\u03ac\u03c3\u03b9\u03c3 (\u201cphasis\u201d: invocation).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" As my first solo attempt at translating Ancient Greek raw, the below represents about twelve hours of work.\u00a0 I\u2019ve included notes on some of the less clear choices I made in the translation, as well as some of the interesting subtext.\u00a0 Unfortunately, I can\u2019t find any modern or reliable translations to compare mine to\u2014the Thomas … Read More<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2,4],"tags":[15,94,185,197,282],"class_list":["post-401","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-art","category-scholarship","tag-ancient-greek","tag-gods","tag-orphism-religion","tag-phanes","tag-translation"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8kUcm-6t","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/journeythroughtheobsidiandream.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/401","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/journeythroughtheobsidiandream.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/journeythroughtheobsidiandream.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journeythroughtheobsidiandream.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journeythroughtheobsidiandream.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=401"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/journeythroughtheobsidiandream.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/401\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/journeythroughtheobsidiandream.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=401"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journeythroughtheobsidiandream.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=401"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journeythroughtheobsidiandream.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=401"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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\n\u1fa0\u03bf\u03b3\u03b5\u03bd\u1fc6, \u03c7\u03c1\u03c5\u03c3\u03ad\u1fc3\u03c3\u03b9\u03bd \u1f00\u03b3\u03b1\u03bb\u03bb\u03cc\u03bc\u03b5\u03bd\u03bf\u03bd \u03c0\u03c4\u03b5\u03c1\u03cd\u03b3\u03b5\u03c3\u03c3\u03b9\u03bd,
\n\u03c4\u03b1\u03c5\u03c1\u03c9\u03c0\u03cc\u03bd, \u03b3\u03ad\u03bd\u03b5\u03c3\u03b9\u03bd \u03bc\u03b1\u03ba\u03ac\u03c1\u03c9\u03bd \u03b8\u03bd\u03b7\u03c4\u1ff6\u03bd \u03c4’ \u1f00\u03bd\u03b8\u03c1\u03ce\u03c0\u03c9\u03bd,
\n\u03c3\u03c0\u03ad\u03c1\u03bc\u03b1 \u03c0\u03bf\u03bb\u03cd\u03bc\u03bd\u03b7\u03c3\u03c4\u03bf\u03bd, \u03c0\u03bf\u03bb\u03c5\u03cc\u03c1\u03b3\u03b9\u03bf\u03bd, \u1f28\u03c1\u03b9\u03ba\u03b5\u03c0\u03b1\u1fd6\u03bf\u03bd,
\n\u1f04\u03c1\u03c1\u03b7\u03c4\u03bf\u03bd, \u03ba\u03c1\u03cd\u03c6\u03b9\u03bf\u03bd \u1fe5\u03bf\u03b9\u03b6\u03ae\u03c4\u03bf\u03c1\u03b1, \u03c0\u03b1\u03bc\u03c6\u03b1\u1f72\u03c2 \u1f14\u03c1\u03bd\u03bf\u03c2,
\n\u1f44\u03c3\u03c3\u03c9\u03bd \u1f43\u03c2 \u03c3\u03ba\u03bf\u03c4\u03cc\u03b5\u03c3\u03c3\u03b1\u03bd \u1f00\u03c0\u03b7\u03bc\u03b1\u03cd\u03c1\u03c9\u03c3\u03b1\u03c2 \u1f41\u03bc\u03af\u03c7\u03bb\u03b7\u03bd
\n\u03c0\u03ac\u03bd\u03c4\u1fc3 \u03b4\u03b9\u03bd\u03b7\u03b8\u03b5\u1f76\u03c2 \u03c0\u03c4\u03b5\u03c1\u03cd\u03b3\u03c9\u03bd \u1fe5\u03b9\u03c0\u03b1\u1fd6\u03c2 \u03ba\u03b1\u03c4\u1f70 \u03ba\u03cc\u03c3\u03bc\u03bf\u03bd
\n\u03bb\u03b1\u03bc\u03c0\u03c1\u1f78\u03bd \u1f04\u03b3\u03c9\u03bd \u03c6\u03ac\u03bf\u03c2 \u1f01\u03b3\u03bd\u03cc\u03bd, \u1f00\u03c6’ \u03bf\u1f57 \u03c3\u03b5 \u03a6\u03ac\u03bd\u03b7\u03c4\u03b1 \u03ba\u03b9\u03ba\u03bb\u03ae\u03c3\u03ba\u03c9
\n\u1f20\u03b4\u1f72 \u03a0\u03c1\u03af\u03b7\u03c0\u03bf\u03bd \u1f04\u03bd\u03b1\u03ba\u03c4\u03b1 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f08\u03bd\u03c4\u03b1\u03cd\u03b3\u03b7\u03bd \u1f11\u03bb\u03af\u03ba\u03c9\u03c0\u03bf\u03bd.
\n\u1f00\u03bb\u03bb\u03ac, \u03bc\u03ac\u03ba\u03b1\u03c1, \u03c0\u03bf\u03bb\u03cd\u03bc\u03b7\u03c4\u03b9, \u03c0\u03bf\u03bb\u03cd\u03c3\u03c0\u03bf\u03c1\u03b5, \u03b2\u03b1\u1fd6\u03bd\u03b5 \u03b3\u03b5\u03b3\u03b7\u03b8\u1f7c\u03c2
\n\u1f10\u03c2 \u03c4\u03b5\u03bb\u03b5\u03c4\u1f74\u03bd \u1f01\u03b3\u03bd\u03ae\u03bd \u03c0\u03bf\u03bb\u03c5\u03c0\u03bf\u03af\u03ba\u03b9\u03bb\u03bf\u03bd \u1f40\u03c1\u03b3\u03b9\u03bf\u03c6\u03ac\u03bd\u03c4\u03b1\u03b9\u03c2.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n![\"scan0003a\"](\"http:\/\/journeythroughtheobsidiandream.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/03\/scan0003a.jpg\" "\\"scan0003a\\"")
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