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Marshall, John Hubert: Of a head of a youthful goddess, found in Chios
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J. Marshall, Of a head of a youthful goddess, found in Chios.
ast ubi pugna
cassis anhela calet, resoluto vertice nudus
exoritur: tune dulce comae radiisque micantes
dulce nitent visus.
Thus too in the Anacreontea66)
peXav öppa yopyov ecttw
KCKepacrpevov yaXrivij,
tö pev eg Aprioc; ö'Xkov
tö öe Trjq KaXrj^ Ku0f]pr|q.
where the KCKepacpevov yaXijVij answers, and is equivalent to, the ßXeppa . . . uypöv
uüc; Kuöpppq in the poem preceeding it. The commentators here eite parallels such
as öppa yopyöv ev f]öovr) from Achilles Tatius67), or yXauKiwv tö ßXeppa Kai eire-
patJTOV dpa Kai yopyöv TrpocrßXemjuv from Heliodorus68).
Such eyes are noticed, as every one knows, far more often in Southern races
than in Northern; the colours of eyes in the North being less dark and melting, their
“softness” has less effect.
cYfpö<; in short, whether used of Alexander or of the Aphrodite, means a degree
of relaxation and softness which does not at its utmost amount to paXaKÖTpq.
That is to say uypoTriq and gppÖTriq are to be interpreted strietly according to the
definitions of tö uypöv, tö grjpöv in Aristotle69). There is of course no word in Latin or
in English which will just cover this meaning. Laetus, blandus, mitis, placidus, tener,
gentle, kindly, mild, frank, glad — all lie within the circle covered by uypöv:
tender is already mollis; and yearning, languid, dreamy, sleepy are clearly outside
the meaning. ‘Melting’ is also unsatisfactory, since its primary reference is to
colour, not form. John Marshall.
65) IX 699. 66) Bcrgk 4 16 (29), 12.
67) Ach. Tat. I 4 ed Jacobs p. 8.
ß8) Aethiop. lib. VII 10 ed Koraes p. 271.
69) 329b 30 vypöv is that which has no form
of its own but easily takes one. The typical
instance is, not water, but air. This meaning
soft, unresisting, pliant, lithe, is of course a
very common one from Homer downwards. ■—
On uppö«; cf T. H. H. Schmidt’s Synonymik II
335 — 35S- In Caspar Barth’s Claudian p. 801
is a collection of passages describing the amor-
ous expression of the eye.
Die Basis der Erosstatue aus Nicopolis.
Nachtrag zu S. 62.
ast ubi pugna
cassis anhela calet, resoluto vertice nudus
exoritur: tune dulce comae radiisque micantes
dulce nitent visus.
Thus too in the Anacreontea66)
peXav öppa yopyov ecttw
KCKepacrpevov yaXrivij,
tö pev eg Aprioc; ö'Xkov
tö öe Trjq KaXrj^ Ku0f]pr|q.
where the KCKepacpevov yaXijVij answers, and is equivalent to, the ßXeppa . . . uypöv
uüc; Kuöpppq in the poem preceeding it. The commentators here eite parallels such
as öppa yopyöv ev f]öovr) from Achilles Tatius67), or yXauKiwv tö ßXeppa Kai eire-
patJTOV dpa Kai yopyöv TrpocrßXemjuv from Heliodorus68).
Such eyes are noticed, as every one knows, far more often in Southern races
than in Northern; the colours of eyes in the North being less dark and melting, their
“softness” has less effect.
cYfpö<; in short, whether used of Alexander or of the Aphrodite, means a degree
of relaxation and softness which does not at its utmost amount to paXaKÖTpq.
That is to say uypoTriq and gppÖTriq are to be interpreted strietly according to the
definitions of tö uypöv, tö grjpöv in Aristotle69). There is of course no word in Latin or
in English which will just cover this meaning. Laetus, blandus, mitis, placidus, tener,
gentle, kindly, mild, frank, glad — all lie within the circle covered by uypöv:
tender is already mollis; and yearning, languid, dreamy, sleepy are clearly outside
the meaning. ‘Melting’ is also unsatisfactory, since its primary reference is to
colour, not form. John Marshall.
65) IX 699. 66) Bcrgk 4 16 (29), 12.
67) Ach. Tat. I 4 ed Jacobs p. 8.
ß8) Aethiop. lib. VII 10 ed Koraes p. 271.
69) 329b 30 vypöv is that which has no form
of its own but easily takes one. The typical
instance is, not water, but air. This meaning
soft, unresisting, pliant, lithe, is of course a
very common one from Homer downwards. ■—
On uppö«; cf T. H. H. Schmidt’s Synonymik II
335 — 35S- In Caspar Barth’s Claudian p. 801
is a collection of passages describing the amor-
ous expression of the eye.
Die Basis der Erosstatue aus Nicopolis.
Nachtrag zu S. 62.