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Headword: Δαῖτας
Adler number: delta,126
Translated headword: Feasts
Vetting Status: low
Translation:
Parties.[1]
"Phoebus,... accept from the sailors this feast of hand-kneaded barley cake."[2]
Also, "just as Hesiod represents the sons of Aeacus as 'rejoicing in war as if in a feast."[3]
Greek Original:
Δαῖτας: εὐωχίας. Φοῖβε, δέξαι πλωτήρων μάζης χεριφυρέα δαῖτα. καί, οἵους Ἡσίοδος παρεισάγει τοὺς Αἰακίδας, πολέμῳ κεχαρηότας ἠύ̈τε δαιτί.
Notes:
[1] Cf. the scholia to Homer, Odyssey 1.374, and generally delta 112, delta 120, delta 124, delta 127, delta 128.
[2] Greek Anthology 6.251.2-3; cf. chi 205.
[3] Polybius 5.2.6, quoting Hesiod fr.206 Merkelbach-West (77 Rzach).
Keywords: definition; epic; food; historiography; military affairs; poetry; religion
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 23 July 2002@12:01:18.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (modified translation; augmented notes and keywords) on 4 September 2002@07:35:01.
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