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Headword: Asphalios
Adler number: alpha,4294
Translated headword: Securer
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
[An epithet of] Poseidon.[1]
"Securer guarding the supporting foundations below." This [is from book] 5 of the Halieutica of Oppian.[2]
Greek Original:
Asphalios: Poseidôn. Asphalios rhizoucha themeilia nerthe phulassôn. teleutaios houtos tou e# tôn Halieutikôn Oppianou.
Notes:
[1] Likewise, according to Adler, in the Ambrosian Lexicon.
[2] Oppian, Halieutica 5.680.
Keywords: definition; mythology; poetry
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 5 February 2002@14:31:44.
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David Whitehead (added keyword; cosmetics) on 6 February 2002@04:11:57.
David Whitehead (tweaking) on 26 April 2012@07:07:57.
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