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Headword:
Puthias
boa
Adler number: pi,3129
Translated headword: Pythian shout
Vetting Status: high
Translation: The shout accompanied by the aulos.[1] The Pythian strain. Hence [the word] pythaules is also used.[2] This is what they used to call the paean..
Greek Original:Puthias boa: hê met' aulou ginomenê boê. to Puthion melos. enthen kai puthaulês legetai. houtô de elegon ton paiana.
Notes:
From the
scholia to
Aristophanes,
Birds 857, where the headword phrase occurs (web address 1).
[1] For auloi see generally under
alpha 4447.
[2] See LSJ s.v.
Associated internet address:
Web address 1
Keywords: comedy; definition; meter and music; religion
Translated by: David Whitehead on 22 February 2010@08:23:53.
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