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Headword:
*ku/mbala
Adler number: kappa,2680
Translated headword: cymbals
Vetting Status: high
Translation: Musical instruments.[1] In the Epigrams: "and sharp-clashing, hollow-lipped cymbals."[2]
Greek Original:*ku/mbala: qumelika\ pai/gnia. e)n *)epigra/mmasi: kai\ ku/mbal' o)cu/doupa, koiloxei/lea.
Notes:
Neuter plural; cf. under
omicron 554.
[1] Literally "theatrical playthings" (cf.
theta 555,
theta 556,
theta 557). For this usage of the phrase, see Constantine Porphyrogenitus,
De Ceremoniis 592.7.
[2]
Greek Anthology 6.94.2 (Philip of
Thessalonike), an iambic trimeter. On this epigram, the dedication of a priest of Rhea (cf.
rho 83), see Gow and Page (vol. I, 306-307); (vol. II, 340); and its further extracts at
lambda 742,
sigma 16, and
tau 1166.
A.S.F. Gow and D.L. Page, eds., The Greek Anthology: The Garland of Philip and Some Contemporary Epigrams, vol. I, (Cambridge, 1968)
A.S.F. Gow and D.L. Page, eds., The Greek Anthology: The Garland of Philip and Some Contemporary Epigrams, vol. II, (Cambridge, 1968)
Keywords: definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; imagery; meter and music; poetry; religion; stagecraft
Translated by: William Hutton on 11 March 2008@22:47:04.
Vetted by:David Whitehead (augmented notes; another keyword; cosmetics) on 12 March 2008@04:47:09.
David Whitehead on 20 March 2013@09:04:24.
Ronald Allen (expanded n.2, added bibliography, added cross-references, added keyword) on 7 December 2022@11:28:09.
Ronald Allen (added cross-reference n.2) on 16 January 2023@13:03:51.
Catharine Roth (cross-references) on 16 January 2023@13:25:02.
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