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Headword:
*(upa/th
Adler number: upsilon,165
Translated headword: topmost; ultimate
Vetting Status: high
Translation: A musical note/string,[1] producing a deep/heavy sound.[2]
"When he slipped into the ultimate sickness, and an inevitable end, he saw something visible to his excellence; and he stuck his sword in his innards".[3]
Greek Original:*(upa/th: xordh\ mousikh/, baru\n fqo/ggon a)potelou=sa. nou=son o(/t' e)s u(pa/thn w)li/sqane, te/rma t' a)/fukton, ei)=den a)ristei/hn e)mfane\s ei)s i)di/hn: ph=ce d' u(po\ spla/gxnoisin e(o\n e)/gxos.
Notes:
[1] cf. ps.-Herodian 140, ps.-
Zonaras 1770.
[2] The headword itself and the gloss given to it here sound incompatible but are not. See LSJ s.v. ('the highest of the three strings ... but the lowest in pitch') and esp. M.L. West,
Ancient Greek Music (Oxford 1992) 64, with 219-220.
[3] An approximation of
Greek Anthology 7.233.3-5.
Translated by: Ioannis Doukas on 28 July 2009@04:10:14.
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