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Headword: Φαλλάκιον
Adler number: phi,44
Translated headword: phallakion
Vetting Status: low
Translation:
An improvised poem, sung for a phallus.[1]
Also [sc. attested is the name] Phalaikos/Phalaecus.[2]
Greek Original:
Φαλλάκιον: ποίημα αὐτοσχέδιον, ἐπὶ τῷ φαλλῷ ᾀδόμενον. καὶ Φάλαικος.
Notes:
[1] cf. phi 51, where this neuter noun, there in the plural, is slightly different (and more common). Similar glosses in other lexica.
[2] A Phokian general and dynast of the mid-C4 BCE, mentioned by Aeschines, Diodorus and others. See generally C.J.Tuplin in OCD(3) s.v.
Keywords: biography; definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; gender and sexuality; historiography; history; military affairs; meter and music; poetry; politics
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 18 January 2008@14:14:12.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (augmented notes and keywords; tweaks) on 19 January 2008@05:58:40.


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