TEXT AND TRANSLATIONS
117
100
Χαίροισα νύμφα, χαιρέτω δ᾽ ὀ γάμβος.
The bride [comes] rejoicing, let the bridegroom also rejoice.
From Hephaestion as a specimen of catalectic iambic.
101
Τίῳ σ᾽, ὦ φίλε γάμβε, κάλως ἐϊκάσδω;
ὄρπακι βραδίνῳ σε κάλιστ᾽ ἐϊκάσδω.
To what may I liken thee, dear bridegroom?
Best to a tender shoot may I liken thee.
From Hephaestion as an example of metre.
102
. . . Χαῖρε, νύμφα,
χαῖρε, τίμιε γαμβε, πόλλα.
Hail bride, and all hail! noble bridegroom.
Quoted by Servius about A.D. 390, and referred to by Pollux and Julian.
