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Headword: Dais
Adler number: delta,75
Translated headword: fire-brand
Vetting Status: low
Translation:
A torch.[1]
"Bringing fire in fire-brands and twigs smeared with pitch they set fire to the ship."[2]
And again: "[They] set half-beams cast upon the extremely soft couches and beds adorned with some sort of woven web, which burst into flame from the fire-brands, and the hymn of the women singing was carried along with the derisive bridal chorus."[3]
Greek Original:
Dais: lampas. pur te en daisi kai phakelous pissêi kechrismenous komizontes tên platên anaptousin. kai authis: ta hêmitoma epi klinais beblêmena mala habrais kai strômnais huphei tini huperêphanôi kekosmêmenais epithentas, hupo daisin epakmazousais tôi puri, kai ton humenaion aidousôn gunaikôn, komisthênai meta choreias gamêliou te kai kertomou.
Notes:
[1] cf. delta 5.
[2] Quotation unidentifiable.
[3] Aelian fr.50 Hercher; cf. alpha 73, kappa 1422, upsilon 290, upsilon 471, upsilon 716.
Keywords: definition; history; women
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 10 December 2003@15:57:03.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (rearranged notes; augmented keywords; cosmetics) on 11 December 2003@05:34:34.

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