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Headword:
*)wsxofo/ros
Adler number: omega,257
Translated headword: vineshoot-carrier
Vetting Status: high
Translation: There were two, [chosen] from those outstanding in birth and wealth. The osche is a twig, with bunches of grapes hanging from it. Some call this an oreschas.
Greek Original:*)wsxofo/ros: du/o h)=san tw=n ge/nei kai\ plou/tw| proexo/ntwn. h( de\ w)/sxh klh=ma/ e)sti, bo/truas e)chrthme/nous e)/xon. tau/thn d' e)/nioi o)resxa/da kalou=sin.
Notes:
Abridged from Harpokration s.v.
o)sxofo/roi (sic), commenting on
Hyperides fr. 87 Jensen and going on to cite
Philochorus FGrH 328 F16 and to quote Istros FGrH 334 F8.
This family of words can begin with either omicron (see
omicron 725) or, as here, omega. See also
omega 256.
H.W. Parke, Festivals of the Athenians (London 1977) 77-80
R. Parker, Athenian Religion (Oxford 1996) index s.v.
Keywords: botany; definition; economics; historiography; religion; rhetoric
Translated by: David Whitehead on 7 December 2000@09:51:10.
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