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Headword:
*)erhmwth/s
Adler number: epsilon,2968
Translated headword: desolator
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Meaning] desolation-maker.
In the Epigrams: "a bull, the beast which formerly [was the] desolator of Macedonia."[1]
Greek Original:*)erhmwth/s: e)rhmopoio/s. e)n *)epigra/mmasi: tau=ron to\n pri\n e)rhmwta\n qh=ra *makhdoni/hs.
Notes:
The present headword ignores the dialect form of the word in context (below).
[1]
Greek Anthology 6.115.1-2 (generally attributed to Antipater of Sidon), on the horns and hide of a bull killed by Philip of Macedon; cf.
omicron 501. Also see Gow and Page (vol. I, 27); (vol. II, 71-73); and further extracts from this epigram at
alpha 621,
alpha 1542,
beta 529,
delta 361, and
mu 580. Scholars generally (cf. Gow and Page (vol. II, 72)) identify the hunter of the epigram to be Philip V of Macedon (238-179 BCE; cf.
phi 355 and OCD4 s.v. Philip(3)).
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: Craig Gibson on 4 June 2007@13:01:05.
Vetted by:David Whitehead (augmented notes and keywords; cosmetics) on 5 June 2007@03:59:48.
David Whitehead (another keyword; cosmetics) on 26 October 2012@04:28:55.
David Whitehead (coding) on 7 February 2016@07:13:47.
Ronald Allen (expanded n.1, added bibliography, added cross-references, added keyword) on 7 July 2021@13:48:11.
Catharine Roth (tweaked translation) on 7 July 2021@22:48:52.
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