pachoumi epithets of greek magical papyri
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Glotta 87, 155158, ISSN 00171298 Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht GmbH & Co. KG, Gttingen 2011 A List of epithets from the Greek Magical Papyri that are not recorded in the LSJ and LSJ Supplements By ELENI PACHOUMI, Thessaloniki In this paper I enclose a list of epithets which seem to be unique to the Greek Magical Papyri.1 Particularly, it is a list of epithets inthePGM2thatarenotrecordedatallintheLSJandLSJ Supplements.3 Most of these epithets that occur only in the PGM areincludedinthehymns.4Theyaremainlyusedtodescribe and define the multiple characteristics of the gods. The richness ofthemagiciansreligiousthinkingis suitablyaccompaniedby richlinguisticinventiveness,aboveallintheinventionof epithets for the various gods. __________ 1IwouldliketothankDavidJordanforhisfriendshipandhiskind advices. 2PapyriGraecaeMagicae,hereafterPGM;Preisendanz,K.and Henrichs,A.(ed.)(19731974)PapyriGraecaeMagicaeDieGriechischen Zauberpapyri. Vols. III. Stuttgart: Teubner. The dates of the papyri cited in thispaperare:PGMI(iv/vAD),II(ivAD),III(ivAD),IV(ivAD),VII (iii/iv AD). 3Liddell,H.G.,Scott,R.andJones,H.S.(eds.),hereafterLSJ,(1996) Greek-English Lexicon with a revised Supplement. Oxford: Clarendon Press. 4Preisendanzhasidentifiedtwentysixhymnsinhissecondvolume,237264.OftheseIincludeepithetsfromHymn5:ToHeliosandtothe godsofall(PGMIII.198229),Hymn11:ToApolloandtoApollo-Helios(PGMII.81101,133140,1636),Hymn12:ToApolloand Daphne (PGMIII.234258), Hymn 17: To Hekate-Selene-Artemis (PGM IV.22422417),Hymn18:ToHekate-Selene-Artemis(PGMIV.27852870),Hymn20:ToHekate-Selene-Artemis(PGMIV.25222567)and Hymn21:ToHekate-Selene-Artemis(PGMIV.27142783).Mostare writtenindactylichexameter,twentyoneouttwentysixhymns;but,hymns 6, 17 and 25 are in iambic trimeter, hymn 8 in iambic pentameter and hymn 19iniambictetrameteracatalectic;therefore,mostoftheseepithetsare metrically useful; Preisendanz (1974) vol.II, 237264. Eleni Pachoumi 156PGMepithetsthatarenotrecordedintheLSJandLSJ Supplements ,:gracious-minded;PGMIV.2547:5;in pap. and Hymn 20: ;6 , : improvident , : eternal; PGM I.200: 7
, : extreme; PGM IV.2277: ; in pap. and in Hymn 17: 8 () , : indivisible; PGM IV.32312: 9
, , : helper; PGM V.2281 (and Hymn 17): 10 [],:star-coursing;PGMIV.2559:[];in pap. and Hymn 20: ++; , : she who has stars , : infernal; PGM IV.2725 (and Hymn 21): ; Reitzensteinemendsitto,;11alsoinPGM IV.2855: ,-:theonewhohasaboat;PGMIV.2274(and Hymn 17): , : giant; PGM IV.2714 (and Hymn 21): ,:hewhosubduesbyforce;PGMII.1656 (and Hymn 11): 12
, : she who subdues by force; PGM IV.28501: (pap.); in Hymn 18: 13 __________ 5Recordedin:Jordan,D.(2008)Lexicalnotes,largelyfrommagical texts,2705;in:LichtundWrmeinMemoryofA.F.Christidis(eds.) (2008) Centre for the Greek Language. Thessaloniki. 6Preis.(1973)vol.I,152,(1974)vol.II,258.wasrecorded in DGE II (Diccionario Griego Espaol; Barcelona, 1959). 7 PGM I.195222: Protective spell. 8 Preis. (1973) vol.I, 142, (1974) vol.II, 251. 9PGMIV.320954:Aphroditessaucerdivination.was recorded in DGE II. 10 was recorded in DGE III; also recorded in Jordan (2008). 11Preis.(1973)vol.I,159;alsoBetz(1986)89;Betz,H.D.(ed.)(1986) TheGreekMagicalPapyriinTranslation.Chicago:TheUniversityof Chicago Press. 12 Recorded in DGE V. 13 Recorded in DGE V, fuerza dominadora. A List of epithets from the Greek Magical Papyri that are not recordedin the LSJ and LSJ Supplements 157 , : the one who shows forth, exhibitor; PGM IV.2274 (and Hymn 17): ,:ofDodona;PGMIV.2275(andHymn17): 14 , : ghostly; PGM IV.2272: ; in pap. and Hymn 17: , : she who is of a noble sire; PGM IV.2717 (and Hymn 21): ,-:wide-aimed;PGMV.22812(andHymn 17): ;15 in pap. ,:walkingthroughtheair;PGMVII.882: (pap.)16
,:withmuddywrinkles;17PGMIV.2185: 18 , -: the one who makes the graves to resound; PGMIV.2867(andHymn18):;inpap. - , -: bending down necks that show off;PGMIV.27189(andHymn21): ; in pap. ,:ofKlotho;PGMV.2280(andHymn17): : the one with a crest; PGM IV.2267 (and Hymn 17): , : ruler of the month; PGM IV.2664 pap. (and Hymn19):;Preis.emendsitto: 19 ,:withaheadband;PGMIV.22745(andHymn17): __________ 14 was recorded in DGE VI; in LSJ we find: ,-, -, -, , and -, . 15 Recorded in Jordan (2008). 16 Also recorded in Pachoumi, E. (2011) Divine Epiphanies of Paredroi in the Greek Magical Papyri, GRBS 51, 155165, esp. 160. 17Preisendanzalsosuggestsfrom-;Preis.(1973)vol.I, 139. 18 PGM IV.21452240: Tristych of Homer as assistant. 19 Preis. (1973) vol.I, 1567. Eleni Pachoumi 158,:theonewhodraws(swords);PGMIV.2267(and Hymn 17): () ,:cryinglikeashrillstormofrain;PGM IV.2185: 20 ,-:runningwithfairwind;PGMIII.255(and Hymn 12) ; Dillon and ONeil read and translate ,heavenssrunner;alsoPreis.as Himmelslufer21 , : holding the whole earth;PGM IV.2279: ; in Hymn 17: ,22 cf. Hsch. ,:mostsubordinate;PGMV.1370: 23
,:theonewhoeatseverything;PGMIV.2749 (and Hymn 21): [], : most high; PGM VII.700: []24
,:forethinking;PGMIV.2267:;(in LSJ the adverb: : shrewdly, warily); in pap. and Hymn 17: 25 ,:fieryatheart/inspirit;PGMIII.209: []; in Hymn 5: [ ,:withfourfaces;PGMIV.2560(and Hymn 20): , : destroying death; PGM IV.2852 (and Hymn 18): 26; in pap. [,:bringinglight;PGMIII.255(andHymn12) [;from27(,-28);inpap. [ __________ 20 PGM IV.21452240: Tristych of Homer as assistant. 21 Betz (1986) 25, n. 60; and Preis. (1973) vol.I, 43. 22 Recorded in Jordan (2008). 23PGMIV.133189:PoweroftheBearconstellationthataccomplishes everything; also recorded in Jordan (2008). 24 PGM VII.686702: Bear Charm. 25 Preis. (1973) vol.I, 142, (1974) vol.II, 251. 26Merkelbachalsotranslatesas,VernichterdesTodesloses; Merkelbach, R. (1982) , ZPE 47, 172. 27 Also Betz (1986) 25; and Preis. (1973) vol.I, 43. 28 Also in PGM IV 30478, 3069, V 175, 210 and LXXVIII 12.