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"Ἄξατέ μοι νάρθηκα, τινάξατε κύμβαλα, Μοῦσαι,
καὶ παλάμῃ δότε θύρσον ἀειδομένου Διονύσου·
ἀλλὰ χοροῦ ψαύοντα, Φάρῳ παρὰ γείτονι νήσῳ,
στήσατέ μοι Πρωτῆα πολύτροπον, ὄφρα φανείη
ποικίλον εἶδος ἔχων, ὅτι ποικίλον ὕμνον ἀράσσω·"
Nonnos, Di.1.11-15
"Ἄξατέ μοι νάρθηκα, τινάξατε κύμβαλα, Μοῦσαι,
καὶ παλάμῃ δότε θύρσον ἀειδομένου Διονύσου·
ἀλλὰ χοροῦ ψαύοντα, Φάρῳ παρὰ γείτονι νήσῳ,
στήσατέ μοι Πρωτῆα πολύτροπον, ὄφρα φανείη
ποικίλον εἶδος ἔχων, ὅτι ποικίλον ὕμνον ἀράσσω·"
Nonnos, Di.1.11-15
"Bring me fennel, sound the cymbals, O Muses!
Place in my hand the stave of Dionysus as I sing of him.
Produce for me a dance partner in neighbouring Pharos,
Some wily Proteus, that he may appear in all his subtleties,
Since I pluck out all subtleties of song."
Place in my hand the stave of Dionysus as I sing of him.
Produce for me a dance partner in neighbouring Pharos,
Some wily Proteus, that he may appear in all his subtleties,
Since I pluck out all subtleties of song."
Yep, it's Nonnos time....
The image of Proteus at the head of this thread comes from J. J. Boissard, De divinatione, (Oppenheim, ca. 1600) cited in Pesic, Peter. “Shapes of Proteus in Renaissance Art.” Huntington Library Quarterly, vol. 73, no. 1, 2010, pp. 57–82
The image of Proteus at the head of this thread comes from J. J. Boissard, De divinatione, (Oppenheim, ca. 1600) cited in Pesic, Peter. “Shapes of Proteus in Renaissance Art.” Huntington Library Quarterly, vol. 73, no. 1, 2010, pp. 57–82
