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Headword:
*floio/s
Adler number: phi,545
Translated headword: bark
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Meaning] the husk of the tree.[1]
"Krantor had a voice unhewn and full of bark of tragedy-performers".[2]
Greek Original:*floio/s: to\ le/pos tou= de/ndrou. ei)=xe de\ o( *kra/ntwr a)pele/khton fwnh\n kai\ floiou= mesth\n tragw|dw=n.
Notes:
[1] Likewise or similarly in other lexica and grammars; also the
scholia to
Homer,
Iliad 1.237.
[2] A careless reading of
Diogenes Laertius 4.27 (where K. "said of a tragedy-performer that his voice etc."). For Krantor of
Soloi (c.335-275) see generally OCD4
Crantor; and cf.
sigma 631.
Keywords: biography; botany; epic; imagery; philosophy; tragedy
Translated by: David Whitehead on 22 November 2001@02:54:04.
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