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Headword: Εὐρύσακες
Adler number: epsilon,3729
Translated headword: Broadshield, Eurysakes, Eurysaces
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
He who has a large shield.[1]
Sophocles [writes]: "look, son, this shield bears your name -- Eurysakes: seven hides thick, impenetrable, and with a well-stitched hand-strap".[2]
Greek Original:
Εὐρύσακες: ὁ μεγάλην ἔχων ἀσπίδα. Σοφοκλῆς: ἀλλ' αὐτό μοι σὺ λαβών, ὦ παῖ, ἐπώνυμον Εὐρύσακες, ἴσχε διὰ πολυρράφου στρέφων πόρπακος ἑπταβόειον ἄρρηκτον σάκος.
Notes:
Headword in the vocative, from the quotation which follows. See also Plutarch, Solon 10 (and epsilon 3730).
[1] Similarly Hesychius.
[2] Sophocles, Ajax 574-6 (web address 1); cf. pi 2089.
Associated internet address:
Web address 1
Keywords: children; definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; military affairs; mythology; trade and manufacture; tragedy
Translated by: David Whitehead on 25 November 2007@08:54:54.
Vetted by:
Catharine Roth (augmented note, added link, set status) on 26 November 2007@01:08:43.
Catharine Roth (upgraded link) on 20 April 2011@01:09:14.
Catharine Roth (raised status) on 20 April 2011@17:29:56.
David Whitehead (augmented notes) on 25 April 2011@04:19:42.
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