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Headword: Κάλαϊς
Adler number: kappa,191
Translated headword: Kalais
Vetting Status: low
Translation:
A proper name.[1] [There is] also a color "καλάϊνον ."[2] Aeschylus [writes]: "in various colors."[3]
Greek Original:
Κάλαϊς: ὄνομα κύριον. καὶ Καλάϊνον χρῶμα. Αἰσχύλος: ἐν ποικίλοις χρώμασιν.
Notes:
cf. Etym.Magn. 486.50; Hesychius s.v. κάλαϊς .
[1] One of the sons of Boreas (see under beta 390). cf. Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 1.211ff.
[2] Blue-green.
[3] Aeschylus, Agamemnon 923 (abbreviated); the text normally has κάλλεσιν , not χρώμασιν . cf. kappa 207, where κέραμος καλάϊνος is given as a gloss for κάλλη .
Keywords: clothing; definition; epic; imagery; mythology; poetry; tragedy
Translated by: Matthew Farmer on 29 February 2008@16:58:12.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (x-ref; more keywords; cosmetics) on 2 March 2008@04:30:42.


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