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Headword: *fe/raspis
Adler number: phi,203
Translated headword: shield-bearing
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
[Meaning] one who is warlike.
"Hektor and the shield-bearing Ajax brought out of war a grace bitter to each other, the monument of friendship."[1]
Greek Original:
*fe/raspis: o( polemiko/s. pikrh\n a)llh/lois *(/ektwr xa/rin, h)de\ fe/raspis *ai)/as, e)k pole/mou mnh=m' e)/feron fili/hs.
Notes:
The headword is an an epic/tragic adjective; cf. rho 189.
[1] Greek Anthology 7.152.1-2 (author unknown). See further extracts from this epigram at alpha 4504 and pi 1458.
Keywords: definition; epic; ethics; imagery; military affairs; mythology; poetry; tragedy
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 25 September 2011@22:52:04.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (more keywords; cosmetics) on 26 September 2011@03:09:33.
David Whitehead on 5 December 2013@05:52:59.
Catharine Roth (tweaked note) on 10 January 2022@18:59:46.
Ronald Allen (attribution and cross-references n.1) on 13 September 2023@11:28:55.
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