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Headword:
Anthisasthai
mousikês
Adler number: alpha,2515
Translated headword: to cull flowers of music
Vetting Status: high
Translation: ['To cull flowers of music']; also [sc. attested is the phrase] 'those who have culled flowers of music', [meaning] those who have gathered the blossoms of music.
Greek Original:Anthisasthai mousikês: kai Ênthismenoi mousikês, hoi êthroikotes ta anthê tês mousikês.
Note:
Same entry in
Photius and elsewhere, originating from
Phrynichus (
Praeparatio sophistica fr. 221). The ultimate source of these phrases is unknown.
Keywords: botany; definition; imagery; meter and music
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 6 July 2000@09:59:57.
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