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Headword:
Aniemenê
kolpon
Adler number: alpha,2457
Translated headword: baring (her) bosom
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Meaning] drawing back and letting fall the peplos, stripping the garment down to the breasts.[1]
Also [sc. attested is the phrase] "[them] skinning goats".[2]
Greek Original:Aniemenê kolpon: anelkousa kai anachalôsa ton peplon, apogumnousa to kata tous mastous kolpôma. kai aigas aniemenous.
Notes:
[1] The headword phrase is from
Homer,
Iliad 22.80 (web address 1: Hecuba begs her son Hector not to fight Achilles), and this is scholiastic comment on it.
[2]
Homer,
Odyssey 2.300 (web address 2).
Associated internet addresses:
Web address 1,
Web address 2
Keywords: clothing; definition; epic; ethics; gender and sexuality; women; zoology
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 3 July 2000@21:01:40.
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