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Headword: Ἄφαλόν τε καὶ ἄλοφον
Adler number: alpha,4549
Translated headword: both boss-less and crest-less
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
Such that it might escape notice. For phaloi ["bosses"] are the shiny little disks of helmets, lophoi ["crests"] the gatherings of hair.[2]
Greek Original:
Ἄφαλόν τε καὶ ἄλοφον: ἵνα λανθάνοι. φαλοὶ γὰρ τὰ ἐπὶ τῶν περικεφαλαιῶν λαμπρὰ ἀσπιδίσκια, λόφοι δὲ αἱ τριχώσεις.
Notes:
A phrase in the accusative case (describing headgear) from Homer, Iliad 10.258 (web address 1 below), with scholion. Diomedes [Author, Myth] and Odysseus are preparing for their night-time raid.
Likewise or similarly in other lexica, including Apollonius' Homeric Lexicon.
[2] Again at phi 61.
Associated internet address:
Web address 1
Keywords: clothing; definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; epic; military affairs; trade and manufacture
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 10 November 2001@18:17:46.
Vetted by:
Catharine Roth (augmented note) on 11 November 2001@19:07:12.
David Whitehead (added note; cosmetics) on 28 August 2002@07:32:14.
David Whitehead (expanded notes; tweaking) on 6 May 2012@05:38:48.
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