Longus 1.13

Analysis of Longus' Daphnis and Chloe, marking the dual alternating speech styles and the three parts where applicable.
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Longus 1.13

Post by stephen » Mon 14 Jan, 2019 12:57 am

Καὶ ἐλθὼν ἅμα τῇ Χλόῃ πρὸς τὸ νυμφαῖον τῇ μὲν ἔδωκε καὶ τὸν χιτωνίσκον καὶ τὴν πήραν φυλάττειν, αὐτὸς δὲ τῇ πηγῇ παραστὰς τήν τε κόμην καὶ τὸ σῶμα πᾶν ἀπελούετο. [2]{[ Ἦν] δὲ [ἡ μὲν κόμη] [μέλαινα καὶ πολλή], [τὸ δὲ σῶμα] [ἐπίκαυτον] [ἡλίῳ]}: {[εἴκασεν ἄν] [τις] [αὐτὸ]} {[χρώζεσθαι] [τῇ σκιᾷ] [τῆς κόμης]}. Ἐδόκει δὲ τῇ Χλόῃ θεωμένῃ καλὸς ὁ Δάφνις, καὶ ὅτι τότε πρῶτον αὐτῇ καλὸς ἐδόκει, [τὸ λουτρὸν ἐνόμιζε] [τοῦ κάλλους] [αἴτιον] (grouping of the double accusative is only possible in one way here unless the non-articular pre-positional genitive is grouped as if it is articular). {[Τὰ] [νῶτα] δὲ [ἀπολουούσης]} {[ἡ σὰρξ] [ὑπέπιπτε] [μαλθακή]}, ὥστε {[λαθοῦσα] [ἑαυτῆς ἥψατο] [πολλάκις]}, εἰ {[τρυφερωτέρα] [εἴη] [πειρωμένη]}. [3] Καὶ ῾{[τότε] γὰρ [ἐπὶ δυσμαῖς] [ἦν ὁ ἥλιος]}᾿ {[ἀπήλασαν] [τὰς ἀγέλας] [οἴκαδε]}, καὶ {[ἐπεπόνθει] [Χλόη] [περιττὸν οὐδέν]}, ὅτι {[μὴ] [Δάφνιν] [ἐπεθύμει]} {[λουόμενον] [ἰδέσθαι] [πάλιν]}. [4] {[Τῆς] δὲ [ἐπιούσης] [ὡς]} {[ἧκον] [εἰς τὴν] [νομήν]}, ὁ μὲν Δάφνις {[ὑπὸ] [τῇ δρυῒ] [τῇ συνήθει] (this is troublesome because it us in four or five parts - perhaps it should be in two sections?) [καθεζόμενος]} {[ἐσύριττε]} καὶ ἅμα {[τὰς αἶγας] [ἐπεσκόπει][κατακειμένας]} καὶ {[ὥσπερ] [τῶν μελῶν] [ἀκροωμένας]}, {[ἡ δὲ Χλόη] [πλησίον] [καθημένη]} {[τὴν ἀγέλην] μὲν [τῶν προβάτων] [ἐπέβλεπε]}, {[τὸ δὲ πλέον] [εἰς Δάφνιν] [ἑώρα]}: καὶ {[ἐδόκει] [καλὸς] [αὐτῇ]} {συρίττων πάλιν}, καὶ αὖθις {[αἰτίαν] [ἐνόμιζε τὴν μουσικὴν] [τοῦ κάλλους]} (for the double accusative one of them needs to be attached to the verb), {[ὥστε] [μετ̓] [ἐκεῖνον]} {[καὶ αὐτὴ] [τὴν σύριγγα] [ἔλαβεν]}, {[εἴ πως γένοιτο] [καὶ αὐτὴ] [καλή]}. [5] {[Ἔπεισε δὲ [p. 249] αὐτὸν καὶ λούσασθαι πάλιν καὶ λουόμενον εἶδε καὶ ἰδοῦσα ἥψατο καὶ ἀπῆλθε πάλιν ἐπαινέσασα, καὶ {[ὁ ἔπαινος] [ἦν] [ἔρωτος ἀρχή]} (or {[ὁ ἔπαινος ἦν] [ἔρωτος] [ἀρχή]}). Ὅ τι μὲν οὖν ἔπασχεν οὐκ ᾔδει νέα κόρη καὶ ἐν ἀγροικίᾳ τεθραμμένη καὶ οὐδὲ [ἄλλου λέγοντος] [ἀκούσασα] [τὸ τοῦ ἔρωτος ὄνομα]}: [ἄση] δὲ [αὐτῆς εἶχε] [τὴν ψυχήν] (the same issue as mentioned above for the double accusative, perhaps), [6] καὶ [τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν] [οὐκ] [ἐκράτει] καὶ [πολλὰ] [ἐλάλει] [Δάφνιν]: τροφῆς (fronting here suggests grouping inside a single unit) ἠμέλει, νύκτωρ ἠγρύπνει, τῆς ἀγέλης κατεφρόνει: νῦν ἐγέλα, νῦν ἔκλαεν: εἶτα ἐκάθευδεν, εἶτα ἀνεπήδα: ὠχρία τὸ πρόσωπον, ἐρυθήματι αὖθις ἐφλέγετο. Οὐδὲ βοὸς οἴστρῳ πληγείσης τοιαῦτα ἔργα. {[Ἐπῆλθόν] [ποτε] [αὐτῇ]} καὶ {[τοιοίδε] [λόγοι] [μόνῃ γενομένῃ]}.

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