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Headword:
Anthrênê
Adler number: alpha,2524
Translated headword: anthrene, athrene, hornet
Vetting Status: high
Translation: The hornet [is] a type of wasp.
Poets apply [the term] to bees also.
Also [sc. attested is] a)nqrh/nia ["hornet's nests"]: "[eager] to destroy our hornet's nests by force".[1] Obviously [meaning] bees. "Stung in both eyes as if by hornets, he will be destroyed by opinions."[2] The hornet is akin to the bee, and resembles a wasp. Also the hornetish[3] figure.
Greek Original:Anthrênê: eidos sphêkos hê anthrênê. katachrôntai de hoi poiêtai kai epi melissôn. kai Anthrênia: exelein hêmôn pros bian tanthrênia. tas melissas dêlonoti. tô ophthalmô kentoumenos hôsper hup' anthrênôn, hupo tôn gnômôn apoleitai. sungenês esti têi melissêi hê anthrênê, sphêki paraplêsia. kai to plasma anthrênion.
Notes:
See already
alpha 753 and the note there.
[1]
Aristophanes,
Wasps 1080 (web address 1), with scholion.
[2]
Aristophanes,
Clouds 946-8 (web address 2), with scholion.
[3] We would say waspish.
Associated internet addresses:
Web address 1,
Web address 2
Keywords: comedy; definition; imagery; poetry; zoology
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 2 July 2000@18:36:14.
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