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Headword: Κλοιός
Adler number: kappa,1839
Translated headword: collar
Vetting Status: low
Translation:
Band around the neck.
In the Epigrams: "But when he saw that the image appeared to be the same in all forms, he came close by with a collar, telling Leukon to order the dog to walk: for [the dog] convinced him [as much], as if he barked."[1]
Greek Original:
Κλοιός: περιτραχήλιος δεσμός. ἐν Ἐπιγράμμασι: ὡς δ' ἴδ' ὁμοίην εἰκόνα, παντοίῳ σχήματι φαινομένην, κλοιὸν ἔχων πέλας ἦλθε, λέγων Λευκῶνι, κελεύειν τῷ κυνὶ καὶ βαίνειν: πεῖθε γὰρ ὡς ὑλάων.
Note:
[1] Greek Anthology 6.175.3-6 (here mis-stressing the name Λεύκωνι ): "The dog, an expert in all fierce hunts, was sculpted by Leukon, and dedicated by Alkimenes. Alkimenes could not find anything to fault. But when he saw..."
Keywords: art history; definition; poetry; religion; zoology
Translated by: Nick Nicholas on 9 December 2008@06:28:10.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (keywords; tweaks and cosmetics) on 9 December 2008@08:46:15.
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