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Headword:
Thuoen
Adler number: theta,588
Translated headword: scented
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Meaning something] good-smelling.[1]
"And gleaming locks breathing a scented breath."[2]
Greek Original:Thuoen: euôdes. kai liparai thuoen asthma pneousi komai.
Notes:
Neuter singular of this adjective (for which see also
theta 589).
[1] Glossed as in
Homer,
Odyssey 15.153.
[2]
Greek Anthology 7.218.10 (Antipater of Sidon), epitaph for the legendary Corinthian courtesan Lais; cf. Gow and Page (vol. I, 19); (vol. II, 52-3); and further excerpts from this epigram at
alpha 1219,
alpha 1683,
delta 1519,
theta 519,
kappa 1525,
kappa 2628,
lambda 789,
omicron 51,
pi 1457, and
pi 1903. On Lais, see
lambda 40,
nu 16, and names of other Corinthian hetaeras--akin in practice to modern geishas--at
epsilon 3266.
A.S.F. Gow and D.L. Page, eds., The Greek Anthology: Hellenistic Epigrams, vol. I, (Cambridge, 1965)
A.S.F. Gow and D.L. Page, eds., The Greek Anthology: Hellenistic Epigrams, vol. II, (Cambridge, 1965)
Keywords: clothing; definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; epic; gender and sexuality; imagery; poetry; women
Translated by: William Hutton on 24 February 2008@18:19:02.
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