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Headword:
ᾨδόν
Adler number: omega,28
Translated headword: singer
Vetting Status: low
Translation: Musician, harpist.[1] In the Epigrams [we find the phrase]: "having set up a bronze singer over a box-lyre."[2]
Greek Original:ᾨδόν: ᾠδικὸν, ψάλτην. ἐν Ἐπιγράμμασι: χάλκεον ἱδρύσας ᾠδὸν ὑπὲρ κιθάρας.
Notes:
[1]The headword (contracted from
ἀοιδός , cf.
alpha 4402) and glosses are in the accusative, as in the quotation which follows. LSJ entry at web address 1.
[2]
Greek Anthology 6.54.12 (of a cicada). On the harp and "box-lyre",
kithara, consult M.L.West,
Ancient Greek Music (Oxford 1992) chap.3.
Web address 1
Keywords: definition; meter and music; poetry; zoology
Translated by: Timothy McGovern on 10 April 2000@01:08:14.
Vetted by:David Whitehead (modified translation; added note and keywords) on 11 May 2001@06:24:31.
Catharine Roth (cosmetics, cross-reference) on 5 September 2007@22:43:23.
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