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Headword: *eu)ni=dai
Adler number: epsilon,3592
Translated headword: Euneidai, Eunidai, Euneids
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
It is a clan amongst [the] Athenians with this name. They were kithara-players, providing a service for religious ceremonies.
Greek Original:
*eu)ni=dai: ge/nos e)sti\ par' *)aqhnai/ois ou(/tws o)nomazo/menon. h)=san de\ kiqarw|doi/, pro\s ta\s i(erourgi/as pare/xontes th\n xrei/an.
Notes:
From Harpokration s.v., commenting on their mention in Lysias fr. 226 Sauppe (now 280 Carey OCT).
For the kithara see generally kappa 1590.
Reference:
Robert Parker, Athenian Religion (Oxford 1996) 297-8
Keywords: definition; meter and music; religion; rhetoric
Translated by: David Whitehead on 22 November 2000@08:05:08.
Vetted by:
Ross Scaife ✝ (added keyword, raised status) on 22 November 2000@12:42:07.
David Whitehead (added note and keyword; cosmetics) on 29 July 2003@09:41:37.
David Whitehead (updated note; tweaks) on 8 July 2011@05:31:28.
David Whitehead (x-ref) on 9 March 2016@05:14:41.
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