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Headword: *lu/ra
Adler number: lambda,850
Translated headword: lyre
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
The [syllable] lu [is] short.
"You will know Alcman, striker of the Laconian lyre."[1]
Greek Original:
*lu/ra: braxu\ to\ lu. ei)dh/seis *)alkma=na lu/rhs e)lath=ra *lakai/nhs.
Note:
[1] Greek Anthology 7.18.3 (Antipater of Thessalonica). On this epigram, an epitaph for Alcman, see Gow and Page (vol. I, 20-21); (vol. II, 30-31); and further extracts at epsilon 750, epsiloniota 33, lambda 620, lambda 784, and upsilon 118. On Alcman, see generally alpha 1289.
References:
A.S.F. Gow and D.L. Page, eds., The Greek Anthology: The Garland of Philip and Some Contemporary Epigrams, vol. I, (Cambridge, 1968)
A.S.F. Gow and D.L. Page, eds., The Greek Anthology: The Garland of Philip and Some Contemporary Epigrams, vol. II, (Cambridge, 1968)
Keywords: biography; dialects, grammar, and etymology; geography; imagery; meter and music; poetry
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 6 December 2005@01:31:02.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (another keyword; cosmetics) on 6 December 2005@03:16:33.
Catharine Roth (raised status) on 6 December 2005@11:24:33.
David Whitehead on 24 April 2013@05:48:15.
Ronald Allen (expanded n.1, added bibliography, added cross-references) on 29 April 2022@13:05:44.
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