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Headword: Βάκτρον
Adler number: beta,50
Translated headword: Stick
Vetting Status: low
Translation:
Staff.
"[Lysimachus] who has now exchanged his panoply for the staff of an old man."[1] It is also called skepanion ["little rod"]. "Instead of a plectrum, I [Eumolpus] support my trembling hands with a little rod."[2]
Greek Original:
Βάκτρον: ῥάβδος. γηραλέον νῦν ἀντὶ πανοπλίης βάκτρον ἀμειψάμενος. λέγεται καὶ σκηπάνιον. ἀντὶ δὲ πλήκτρου, σκηπανίῳ τρομερὰς χεῖρας ἐρεισάμεθα.
Notes:
[1] Greek Anthology 6.81.5-6: a retired soldier dedicates his armor to Ares.
[2] Greek Anthology 6.83.5-6: a retired musician dedicates his lyre to Apollo.
Keywords: daily life; definition; military affairs; poetry; religion
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 29 January 2002@18:45:48.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (added keyword; cosmetics) on 30 January 2002@03:17:28.
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