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Headword: Αὖ ἐρύσαι
Adler number: alpha,4419
Translated headword: to pull back
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
To drag backwards.[1] In the Epigrams: "[you dared to] grab her hair tight and pull her back".[2]
Greek Original:
Αὖ ἐρύσαι: εἰς τοὐπίσω ἑλκύσαι. ἐν Ἐπιγράμμασι: ἀπρὶξ δραξαμένη βόστρυχον αὖ ἐρύσαι.
Notes:
[1] cf. the scholia to Homer, Iliad 8.325, where αὖ ... αὐερύοντα appears (web address 1 below).
[2] Greek Anthology 5.248.2.
Associated internet address:
Web address 1
Keywords: definition; epic; poetry; women
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 25 March 2002@18:15:18.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (added keyword; cosmetics) on 11 April 2002@09:41:28.
David Whitehead (tweaking) on 30 April 2012@05:34:32.
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