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Headword: Ἀγάστονος
Adler number: alpha,171
Translated headword: much-groaning
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
Copiously moaning.
Greek Original:
Ἀγάστονος: πολυστένακτος.
Notes:
Same or similar entries in other lexica.
The headword adjective is used of Poseidon's wife Amphitrite (personifying the sea) in Homer, Odyssey 12.97, and in the Homeric Hymn (3) to Apollo 94; it is also attested in a general sense at Aeschylus, Seven against Thebes 99. See web addresses 1, 2, and 3 below for these passages.
Associated internet addresses:
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Web address 2
Web address 3
Keywords: definition; epic; imagery; mythology; poetry; tragedy
Translated by: Gregory Hays on 4 June 1999@14:50:49.
Vetted by:
William Hutton (Modified headword and keyword, added links) on 31 October 2001@10:12:18.
David Whitehead (expanded note; added a keyword; cosmetics) on 14 April 2004@05:35:23.
Jennifer Benedict (cosmeticule) on 26 March 2008@01:52:49.
David Whitehead (augmented note; another keyword) on 23 December 2011@08:49:34.
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