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Headword: *kata\ r(e/qos
Adler number: kappa,751
Translated headword: at [her] face
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
[Meaning] limb.[1] "Foam-born [Aphrodite] tore at her lovely face."[2] Meaning [she] mangled, [she] scraped.
Greek Original:
*kata\ r(e/qos: me/los. h(=s e)/pi kalo\n a)/muce kata\ r(e/qos *)afroge/neia. a)nti\ tou= e)spa/racen, e)/cesen.
Notes:
[1] For the two senses of r(e/qos in play here, see LSJ s.v. I and II.
[2] Greek Anthology 7.218.11 (Antipater of Sidon), from alpha 1683, the epitaph for the legendary Corinthian courtesan Lais; cf. Gow and Page (vol. I, 19); (vol. II, 52-3); and further extracts from this epigram at alpha 1219, delta 1519, theta 519, theta 588, kappa 1525, kappa 2628, lambda 789, omicron 51, pi 1457, and pi 1903.
References:
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; gender and sexuality; imagery; mythology; poetry; women
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 24 July 2008@00:48:12.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (another keyword; tweaks) on 24 July 2008@04:33:49.
David Whitehead (cosmetics) on 4 February 2013@07:40:02.
Catharine Roth (tweaks) on 10 April 2013@01:20:48.
Catharine Roth (tweaked note) on 6 June 2019@01:19:46.
Ronald Allen (note reference typo, expanded n.2, added bibliography, added cross-references, added keywords) on 19 September 2020@22:35:48.

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