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Headword:
Bagôas
Adler number: beta,15
Translated headword: Bagoas
Vetting Status: high
Translation: Proper name. He was a eunuch.[1]
Greek Original:Bagôas: onoma kurion: hos ên eunouchos.
Notes:
Adler cites Lexicon Ambrosianum 44 and 26.
[1] A favorite of Alexander the Great; see Badian 1958; Bosworth 1988: 154; OCD p. 569, s.v. "eunuchs"; see also Web address 1 for material from Perseus.
References:
Badian, E. 1958. "The eunuch Bagoas: a study in method" Classical Quarterly 8: 144-157.
Bosworth, A.B. 1988. Conquest and Empire: the reign of Alexander the Great. Cambridge.
Associated internet address:
Web address 1
Keywords: biography; definition; gender and sexuality; history
Translated by: John Arnold on 30 June 2000@18:09:26.
Vetted by:Ross Scaife (added links) on 30 June 2000@19:12:00.
David Whitehead (added note and bibliography) on 19 September 2000@09:18:03.
William Hutton (Augmented note, removed faulty link, added keywords, set status) on 19 February 2008@09:26:41.
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