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Headword: Καλλιστεῖα
Adler number: kappa,241
Translated headword: beauty-contest
Vetting Status: low
Translation:

'Therefore, she dedicates a fawn-skin and this golden cup to Priapus, who judged the beauty-contest.'

Greek Original:

Καλλιστεῖα. τοιγὰρ τῷ κρίναντι τὰ καλλιστεῖα Πριάπῳ νευρίδα καὶ χρυσέην τήνδ' ἔθετο προχόην.

Note:

Greek Anthology 6.292.5-6, though the Suda reads νευρίδα instead of νεβρίδα ; contrast pi 2936, where it is correct.

Keywords: clothing; daily life; ethics; gender and sexuality; poetry; religion; women; zoology
Translated by: Ryan Stone on 7 March 2008@22:27:00.
Vetted by:

David Whitehead (x-ref; more keywords) on 9 March 2008@07:37:49.

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