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Headword: Βακχέβακχον ᾆσαι
Adler number: beta,52
Translated headword: To sing the song Bacchus Bacchus
Vetting Status: low
Translation:
Meaning to sing praise to Dionysos.[1] For Bakkhan[2] [is] Dionysos.
Greek Original:
Βακχέβακχον ᾆσαι: ἀντὶ τοῦ εὐφημῆσαι τὸν Διόνυσον. Βάκχαν γὰρ ὁ Διόνυσος.
Notes:
[1] From a scholion on Aristophanes Knights 408, where the headword phrase occurs (text at web address 1); cf. beta 57.
[2] The feminine accusative is odd; some manuscripts of the Suda have Βάκχης or Βάκχος .
Associated internet address:
Web address 1
Keywords: comedy; definition; meter and music; religion
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 29 January 2002@18:27:30.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (augmented note; cosmetics) on 30 January 2002@03:12:59.
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