Ἀρτέμιδος

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 Ἀρτέμιδος

   ar-TE-mi-dos

   of Artemis
2. sentence🔊 καταστείλας δὲ ὁ γραμματεύς τὸν ὄχλον φησίν Ἄνδρες Ἐφέσιοι τίς γὰρ ἐστὶν ἀνθρώπων ὃς οὐ γινώσκει τὴν Ἐφεσίων πόλιν νεωκόρον οὖσαν τῆς μεγάλης Ἀρτέμιδος καὶ τοῦ διοπετοῦς

   ka-ta-STEI-las de ho gram-ma-TEUS ton OKH-lon phê-SEEN AN-dres e-PHE-si-oi tis gar es-TIN an-THRÔ-pôn hos ou gi-NÔS-kei tên e-phe-SI-ôn PO-lin ne-ô-KO-ron OU-san tês me-GA-lês ar-TE-mi-dos kai tou di-o-pe-TOUS

   having quieted and the clerk the crowd he says Men Ephesians who for is of men who not knows the of Ephesians city temple-keeper being of the great of Artemis and of the fallen from heaven

Exegesis

The genitives tēs megalēs Artemidos {τῆς μεγάλης Ἀρτέμιδος | tēs megálēs Artémidos} and tou diopetous {τοῦ διοπετοῦς | toû diopetoûs} both depend on neokoron, specifying what the city serves as temple-keeper of: the great goddess Artemis and the sky-fallen object. The adjective diopetous is substantivized and refers to a cult image thought to have fallen from Zeus, which we render as “the thing that fell from Zeus” in formal style and “the object that fell down from heaven” in dynamic style to convey the mythic, celestial origin without over-specifying its form. Throughout, the Greek word order foregrounds the city’s honored status before detailing the objects of its guardianship, a pattern preserved by keeping “the city of the Ephesians” as the central subject in both translations.