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Headword: *)/hkaxon
Adler number: eta,162
Translated headword: they caused grief to
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
"The sons of heroes caused grief to the bard Homer on Ios, weaving a riddle from the Muses." Meaning they vexed.
Greek Original:
*)/hkaxon: h(rw/wn to\n a)oido\n *)/iw| e)/ni pai=des *(/omhron h)/kaxon, e)k *mouse/wn gri=fon u(fhna/menoi. a)nti\ tou= e)lu/phsan.
Notes:
Greek Anthology 7.1.1-2 (Alcaeus), an epitaph (quoted already in part at gamma 458) appearing on Homer's alleged tomb at Ios (Barrington Atlas map 61 grid A4); cf. Gow and Page (vol. I, 6), (vol. II, 16-17), and a further extract from this epigram at chi 521.
For the headword verb see also eta 161.
References:
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)
Keywords: biography; definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; epic; geography; imagery; poetry
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 21 July 2006@11:25:38.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (more keywords) on 23 July 2006@05:19:38.
David Whitehead (tweaking) on 7 December 2012@04:22:07.
Catharine Roth (another keyword) on 4 August 2018@20:52:31.
Ronald Allen (expanded primary note, added bibliography, added cross reference) on 15 October 2020@23:58:32.

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