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Headword:
Thureos
Adler number: theta,605
Translated headword: doorish
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Describing] a shield.[1]
That which we call scutarium.[2]
Also [sc. attested is] 'doorish-bearers', [meaning] those who have doorishes; but others [are] simply 'spear-bearers'.[3]
In the Epigrams: "eight doorishes, eight helmets, eight woven cuirasses."[4]
Greek Original:Thureos: hoplon. to par' hêmin skoutarion. kai Thureophoroi, hoi thureous echontes: hoi de haplôs doratophoroi. en Epigrammasi: oktô toi thureous, oktô kranê, oktô huphantous thôrêkas.
Notes:
[1] That is, one shaped like a door. See already under
theta 603, and cf.
Etymologicum Magnum 459.1; Herodian 163.1; Diodoros of Tarsus on
Psalm 34:2
LXX;
Choeroboscus 140.8.
[2] cf.
Hesychius theta939 (and contrast
Etymologicum Gudianum 269.28: "which the Romans call
scutarium").
[3] cf.
iota 546, and
Aelian,
Tactica 2.12 (also included in the tactical lexicon at the end of the Suda; possibly from commentary on
1 Chronicles 12:25
LXX, where the Judaean army is said to consist of 'doorish-bearers' and 'spear-bearers').
[4]
Greek Anthology 6.129.1 (
Leonidas of
Tarentum), a dedication to Athena of spoils exacted from the Lucanians; cf. Gow and Page (vol. I, 118), (vol. II, 344-345), and a further extract from this epigram at
alphaiota 188. On the date and place of this epigram, and the relation between the Lucanians and
Leonidas's city-state, cf.
alphaiota 188.
A.S.F. Gow and D.L. Page, eds., The Greek Anthology: Hellenistic Epigrams, vol. I, (Cambridge, 1965)
A.S.F. Gow and D.L. Page, eds., The Greek Anthology: Hellenistic Epigrams, vol. II, (Cambridge, 1965)
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Translated by: William Hutton on 14 February 2008@23:58:15.
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