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Headword: *bassari/s
Adler number: beta,141
Translated headword: Bassarid
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
[Describing a] courtesan, prostitute.[1]
In the Epigrams: "Bassarid Eurynome, cliff-runner, who once gouged many breasts of long-horned bulls."[2]
Greek Original:
*bassari/s: e(tai=ra, po/rnh. e)n *)epigra/mmasi: *bassari\s *eu)runo/mh skopelodro/mos, h( pote\ tau/rwn polla\ tanukrai/rwn ste/rna xaracame/nh.
Notes:
[1] Cf. generally beta 140 (end).
[2] Greek Anthology 6.74.1-2 (Agathias Scholasticus). Additional quotes from this epigram are at alpha 4369, iota 312, and rho 233.
Keywords: athletics; biography; daily life; definition; ethics; gender and sexuality; mythology; poetry; religion; women; zoology
Translated by: William Hutton on 7 June 2003@09:49:45.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (added note; cosmetics) on 8 June 2003@07:24:00.
David Whitehead (another keyword) on 22 May 2012@05:07:27.
David Whitehead on 17 September 2015@03:02:15.
Ronald Allen (attribution n.2) on 13 August 2023@10:03:14.
Ronald Allen (added cross-references n.2) on 29 August 2023@11:44:29.
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