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Headword: Βαλίαν
Adler number: beta,82
Translated headword: Dappled
Vetting Status: low
Translation:
A spotted hind.[1]
Also baliôn anemôn ["dappled breezes"]: "stay winds of the dappled breezes". That is, those blowing excessively. From Synesius the Cyrenaean.[2]
And again: "Hunting its dappled fellows in the pasturage of the wood; for you withdrew at the last to the way of Acheron."[3]
Greek Original:
Βαλίαν: τὴν ἔλαφον τὴν κατάστικτον. καὶ Βαλίων ἀνέμων: λήγετε πνοιαὶ βαλίων ἀνέμων. τουτέστι σφοδρῶς πνεόντων. παρὰ Συνεσίῳ τῷ Κυρηναίῳ. καὶ αὖθις: θηρεύων βαλίους συνομήλικας ἐν νομῷ ὕλης: ᾤχεο γὰρ πυμάτ' εἰς Ἀχέροντος ὁδόν.
Notes:
[1] Cf. the scholia to Euripides, Hecuba 90, where the headword occurs.
[2] Synesius, Hymns 3.77-8.
[3] Greek Anthology 7.203.3-4.
Keywords: definition; poetry; religion; tragedy; zoology
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 14 April 2002@11:30:48.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (augmented notes and keywords; cosmetics) on 15 April 2002@03:42:08.
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