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Headword:
Μαιναλία
ἔλαφος
Adler number: mu,329
Translated headword: Mainalian hind
Vetting Status: low
Translation: Also [sc. attested is] "of Mainalians", [meaning] of impulsive [sc. creatures.[1] In the Epigrams: "the heads of Mainalian hinds are being offered up".[2]
Greek Original:Μαιναλία ἔλαφος. καὶ Μαιναλίων, ὁρμητικῶν. ἐν Ἐπιγράμμασι: ἄγκεινται κεφαλαὶ Μαιναλίων ἐλάφων.
Notes:
The unglossed headword phrase, in the nominative singular, is perhaps quoted from somewhere but is more probably generated from the quotation given (where it is genitive plural).
[1] For Mt Mainalos see
mu 330. The mountain was sacred to
Pan, and is associated with wild animals (bears: Apollonius of
Rhodes,
Argonautica 1.168; lynxes:
Callimachus On Diana 89), but the Suda is probably guessing in associating a particular connotation of impulsiveness with the region.
[2]
Greek Anthology 6.112.2, already at
alpha 4564.
Translated by: Nick Nicholas on 30 April 2009@07:45:56.
Vetted by:Catharine Roth (cosmetics, keywords, status) on 1 May 2009@01:04:28.
David Whitehead (x-ref; tweaks and cosmetics) on 1 May 2009@03:46:59.
David Whitehead (altered primary note, at the translator's request) on 1 May 2009@05:28:52.
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