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Headword:
*dai/+
Adler number: delta,11
Translated headword: in fray
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Meaning] in battle.[1]
In the Epigrams: "(I) the trumpet, which once poured forth war's bloody tune in the fray and the sweet melody of peace, [hang here etc.]".[2]
Greek Original:*dai/+: th=| ma/xh|. e)n *)epigra/mmasin: a( pa/ros ai(mato/en pole/mou me/los e)n dai/+, sa/lpigc, kai\ gluku\n eu)ra/nas e)kproxe/ousa no/mon.
Notes:
[1] The headword is dative case of the epic/poetic noun
da/i+s. For the glossing cf.
delta 17 (and the
scholia to
Homer,
Iliad 13.286).
[2]
Greek Anthology 6.159.1-2 (Antipater of Sidon), it continues at
kappa 1281, the warrior Pherenikos offers his trumpet to Athena; cf. Gow and Page (vol. I, 12), (vol. II, 36), and an additional extract from this epigram at
epsilon 2979. The Doric form of
ei)rh/nh "peace" should be
ei)ra/na. See
theta 555 for a related epigram and a note thereto regarding doubts expressed by Gow and Page (vol. II, 35) about the authenticity of the offering.
A.S.F. Gow and D.L. Page, eds., The Greek Anthology: Hellenistic Epigrams, vol. I, (Cambridge, 1965)
A.S.F. Gow and D.L. Page, eds., The Greek Anthology: Hellenistic Epigrams, vol. II, (Cambridge, 1965)
Keywords: definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; epic; military affairs; meter and music; poetry
Translated by: Gabriel Bodard on 2 June 2000@11:54:11.
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