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Headword: *)/akas
Adler number: alpha,808
Translated headword: Akas, Acas
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
A poet of tragedy.
Greek Original:
*)/akas: poihth\s tragw|di/as.
Note:
Possibly so, but the same is said (at sigma 33, q.v.) of the name "Sakas". If the s- version of the name is the more authentic, as it probably is, the actual name is possibly Sakadas, an early Argive poet and musician (on whom see OCD(4) p.1304). See also nu 450.
Keywords: biography; comedy; geography; poetry; tragedy
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 21 January 2000@10:06:01.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (added note; cosmetics) on 9 October 2000@08:34:44.
David Whitehead (augmented notes and keywords; tweaks and cosmetics) on 1 August 2011@10:11:45.
David Whitehead (another x-ref) on 20 January 2014@03:45:51.
David Whitehead (updated a ref) on 30 July 2014@03:43:30.
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