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Headword:
*)orbhloi=o
Adler number: omicron,501
Translated headword: of Orbelos, of Orbelus
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [This word occurs] in the Epigrams: "[Philip slew] the bull that earlier lowed on the ridges of Orbelus."
Greek Original:*)orbhloi=o: e)n *)epigra/mmasi: to\n pa/ros *)orbhloi=o memuko/ta deira/si tau=ron.
Notes:
Greek Anthology 6.115.1 (generally attributed to Antipater of Sidon), on the horns and hide of a bull killed by Philip of Macedon; see at
delta 361 and
mu 580. See also Gow and Page (vol. I, 27); (vol. II, 71-73); and further excerpts from this epigram at
alpha 621,
alpha 1542,
beta 529, and
epsilon 2968. Scholars generally (cf. Gow and Page (vol. II, 72)) identify the hunter of the epigram as Philip V of Macedon (238-179 BCE; cf.
phi 355 and OCD4 s.v. Philip(3)).
Orbelos was part of the mountain-chain forming the northern boundary of Macedonia:
Strabo 7.10; Barrington Atlas map 51 grid B2.
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: dialects, grammar, and etymology; geography; poetry; trade and manufacture; zoology
Translated by: David Whitehead on 23 July 2006@08:20:09.
Vetted by:Catharine Roth (added cross-reference, set status) on 23 July 2006@17:42:09.
David Whitehead (added geographical note) on 24 July 2006@03:37:08.
David Whitehead on 7 July 2013@05:30:46.
Catharine Roth (tweaked note) on 9 August 2020@18:28:47.
Ronald Allen (expanded note, added bibliography, added cross-references, added keyword) on 7 July 2021@16:45:42.
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