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Date:         Thu, 8 Oct 1992 16:41:53 MST
Reply-To:     irakliot@LONGS.LANCE.COLOSTATE.EDU
From:         irakliot@LONGS.LANCE.COLOSTATE.EDU
Subject:      ELENH (G. Seferhs)
Comments: To: hellas@uga.bitnet

Parakatw akoloyuei to poihma ELENH apo to HMEROLOGIO KATASTRWMATOS G'
toy Giwrgoy Seferh. Mia shmeiwsh poy isws na endiaferei einai h ejhs:
to onoma ELENH emfanizetai me dyo diametrikws antiuetes etymologikes
ermhneies sthn Ellhnikh. Symfwna me ton Eyripidh, Elenh shmainei ua-
natos. Airw --> Elein --> Elenh. Wstoso o D.N.Marwniths xamenos stoys
diadromoys ths glwssas mas poy toso kala gnwrizei, exei dwsei th
deyterh etymologia ths lejhs: Elenh <--> Hlios == Zwh. (H tapeinh
apoch toy antigrafontos (!) einai pws den yparxei pio erwtiko onoma
sthn ellhnikh glwssa apo to ELENH).

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Teykros: ... es ghn enalian Kypron, oy m'euespisen
         oikein Apollwn, onoma nhsiwtikon
         Salamina uemenon ths ekei xarin patras.
Elenh:   Oyk hluos en ghs Trwad' all' eidwlon hn.
Aggelos: Ti fhs;
         Nefelhs ar' allws eixomen ponoys peri;

         (Eyripidhs, Elenh)

``T' ahdonia de s'afhnoyne na koimhueis stis Platres''.

Ahdoni ntropalo, mes ston anasasmo twn fyllwn,
sy poy xwrizeis th moysikh drosia toy dasoys
sta xwrismena swmata kai stis cyxes
aytwn poy jeroyn pws den ua gyrisoyn.
Tyflh fwnh, poy chlafeis mesa sth nyxtwmenh mnhmh
bhmata kai xeironomies^ de ua tolmoysa na pw filh-
   mata^
kai to pikro trikymisma ths jagriemenhs sklabas.

``T' ahdonia de s'afhnoyne na koimhueis stis Platres''.

Poies einai oi Platres; poios to gnwrizei toyto to
   nhsi;
Ezhsa th zwh moy akoygontas onomata prwtakoysta:
kainoyrgioys topoys, kainoyrgies treles twn anurwpwn
'h twn uewn^
   h moira moy poy kymatizei
anamesa sto sterno spaui enos Aianta
kai mian allh Salamina
m'efere edw s'ayto to gyrogiali.
                                To feggari
bghke ap' to pelago san Afrodith^
skepase t'astra toy Tojoth, twra paei na'brei
thn kardia toy Skorpioy, ki ola t'allazei.
Poy ein' h alhueia;
Hmoyn ki egw ston polemo tojoths^
to riziko moy, enos anurwpoy poy jastoxhse.

Ahdoni poihtari,
san kai mia tetoia nyxta st'akroualassi toy Prwtea
s'akoysan oi sklabes Spartiatisses ki esyran to urhno,
ki anameso toys --- poios ua to 'lege --- h Elenh!
Ayth poy kynhgoysame xronia sto Skamantro.
Htan ekei, sta xeilia ths erhmoy^ thn aggija, moy milhse:
``Den ein' alhueia, den ein'alhueia'' fwnaze.
``Den mphka pote sto galazoplwro karabi.
Pote den pathsa thn antreiwmenh Troia''.

Me to bauy sthuodesmo, ton hlio sta mallia, ki ayto
   to anasthma
iskioi kai xamogela pantoy
stoys wmoys stoys mhroys sta gonata^
zwntano derma, kai ta matia
me ta megala blefara,
htan ekei, sthn oxuh enos Delta.
                                Kai sthn Troia;
Tipote sthn Troia --- ena eidwlo.
Etsi to uelan oi ueoi.
Ki o Parhs, m'enan iskio plagiaze sa na htan plasma
   atofio^
ki emeis sfazomastan gia thn Elenh deka xronia.

Megalos ponos eixe pesei sthn Ellada.
Tosa kormia rigmena
sta sagonia ths ualassas sta sagonia ths ghs^
toses cyxes
dosmenes stis mylopetres, san to sitari.
Ki oi potamoi foyskwnan mes sth lasph to aima
gia ena lino kymatisma gia mia nefelh
mias petaloydas tinagma to poypoylo enos kyknoy
gia ena poykamiso adeiano, gia mian Elenh.
Ki o aderfos moy;
                 Ahdoni ahdoni ahdoni,
t'einai ueos; ti mh ueos; kai ti t'anameso toys;

``T' ahdonia de s'afhnoyne na koimhueis stis Platres''.

Dakrysmeno poyli,
                 sthn Kypro th ualassofilhth
poy etajan gia na moy uymisei thn patrida,
araja monaxos m'ayto to paramyui,
an einai alhueia pws ayto einai paramyui,
an einai alhueia pws oi anurwpoi de ua janapiasoyn
ton palio dolo twn uewn^
                        an einai alhueia
pws kapoios allos Teykros, ystera apo xronia,
'h kapoios Aiantas 'h Priamos 'h Ekabh
'h kapoios agnwstos, anwnymos, poy wstoso
eide ena Skamantro na jexeilaei koyfaria,
den to'xei mes sth moira toy n'akoysei
mantatoforoys poy erxoyntai na poyne
pws tosos ponos tosh zwh
phgan sthn abysso
gia ena poykamiso adeiano gia mian Elenh.

(G.Seferhs, Hmerologio Katastrwmatos G', Elenh).

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