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Headword: *)elu/gwsen
Adler number: epsilon,919
Translated headword: mastered
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
[Meaning he/she/it] subdued. "And this mastered the mind of Danae;"[1] that is, gold.
Greek Original:
*)elu/gwsen: e)/kamyen. kai\ *dana/hs e)lu/gwsen o(/de fre/na, toute/stin o( xruso/s.
Notes:
cf. delta 57. The verb is the poetic (and rare) lugo/w.
[1] Greek Anthology 5.217.7 (Paul the Silentiary), Zeus turns into gold so as to seduce Danae. Further excerpts from this epigram are at alpha 1510, kappa 454, kappa 2075, and rho 317.
Keywords: definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; gender and sexuality; imagery; mythology; poetry; religion; women
Translated by: David Whitehead on 3 February 2007@06:23:15.
Vetted by:
Catharine Roth (cosmetics, status) on 4 February 2007@01:21:38.
David Whitehead (augmented notes) on 4 February 2007@04:31:25.
David Whitehead on 15 August 2012@05:07:24.
Ronald Allen (expanded n.1, added cross-references, added keyword) on 20 July 2023@09:52:15.
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