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Ἀμφίδορον · fully-flayed (α 1721) · Suda

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Α Β Γ Δ Ε Ζ Η Θ Ι Κ Λ Μ Ν Ξ Ο Π Ρ Σ Τ Υ Φ Χ Ψ Ω

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α1717all-around afraid
α1718visible from all sides
α1719disputed, at a stalemate
α1720dubious, debated
α1721fully-flayed
α1722Amphidromia
α1723enclosing, enveloping
α1724knowing his companions about him
α1725I put around

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Ἀμφίδορον

fully-flayed

Translated by Jennifer Benedict16 Aug 2000Vetting: high8 revisions

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1 note · 30 words

Translation

[Meaning] that which stretches from all around.
In the Epigrams: "and dappled pelt of a fully-flayed brocket."¹ That is, skin of a hart. For a brocket [is] a [two-year-old] hart.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἀμφίδορον· τὸ πανταχόθεν περιέχον. ἐν Ἐπιγράμμασι· καὶ σκύτος ἀμφιδόρου στικτὸν ἀχαιΐνεω. τουτέστιν ἐλάφου δέρμα. ἀχαιΐνη γὰρ ἡ ἔλαφος.

Betacode

*)amfi/doron: to\ pantaxo/qen perie/xon. e)n *)epigra/mmasi: kai\ sku/tos a)mfido/rou stikto\n a)xaii/+new. toute/stin e)la/fou de/rma. a)xaii/+nh ga\r h( e)/lafos.

Notes (1)

The headword adjective, neuter singular, is presumably extracted from the quotation given.
1Greek Anthology 6.165.2 (Phalaecus, or Flaccus?); cf. alpha 4681. On this epigram, a dedication to Dionysus, see Page (46-49) and further extracts at beta 140, beta 548, theta 379, theta 613, iota 72, kappa 2115, kappa 2279, lambda 360, rho 223, and sigma 1193. As Page explains (46-47), the authorship of the epigram is uncertain; the ascription in the Anthologia Palatina, *fala/kkou, seems to be a corruption of either *falai/kou or *fla/kkou. The epigram was excluded from Gow and Page (Hellenistic Epigrams) on the grounds that its elaborate style, typical of the followers of Leonidas of Tarentum, would be an anomaly for Phalaecus, one of the earliest Hellenistic epigrammatists. Then it was omitted from Gow and Page (Garland of Philip) because it was unlike anything ascribed to Flaccus. Indeed, Page wonders (47) whether there were multiple poets named 'Flaccus'. Witczak is unswayed, however, and maintains (171-178) that Greek Anthology 6.165 should be attributed to Phalaecus.

References

D.L. Page, ed., Further Greek Epigrams, (Cambridge 1981)
A.S.F. Gow and D.L. Page, eds., The Greek Anthology: Hellenistic Epigrams, vol. I, (Cambridge 1965)
A.S.F. Gow and D.L. Page, eds., The Greek Anthology: The Garland of Philip and Some Contemporary Epigrams, vol. I, (Cambridge, 1968)
K.T. Witczak, "Authorship Controversy in Three Greek Epigrams: Phalaecus Revived", Graeco-Latina Brunencia 23 (2018) 171-178

Linked from3 entries

α4681Ἀχαιΐνηdoe, hindThe female deer. In the Epigrams: "and the dappled hide of a flayed stag." And Babrius [writes]: "coaxing the hind with such words, she [the fox] persuaded her to go twice into the same death."
β140ΒασσαρικάBassarika, BassaricaSoterichos wrote a [Bassarika] or Dionysiaka. He lived during the reign of Diocletian. Also [sc. attested is the genitive singular] "of Bassaric". In the Epigrams: "the twisted tambourine, goad of a Bassaric throng".…
β548ΒρόμοςroarProperly [this means the] sound of fire. "And a heavy roar of a nimble drum." In the Epigrams. And elsewhere: "no longer will you settle the roar of the winds, nor the hailstorm."

Neighbouring entries

α1719Ἀμφιδήριτονdisputed, at a stalemate α1720Ἀμφίδοξονdubious, debated α1721Ἀμφίδορονfully-flayed α1722ἈμφιδρόμιαAmphidromia α1723Ἀμφίδρομονenclosing, enveloping

Revision history8 revisions · last 11 Jun 2023

11 Jun 2023tweaked translation after consulting with Managing Editor Catharine Roth — Ronald Allen
10 Jun 2023augmented n.1, added to bibliography — Ronald Allen
29 May 2023punctuation fixes n.1 — Ronald Allen
28 May 2023expanded n.1, added bibliography, added cross-references, added keyword — Ronald Allen
22 Jun 2015Revised — David Whitehead
27 Feb 2012coding — Catharine Roth
19 Feb 2012another note; more keywords — David Whitehead
18 Jul 2002modified translation; augmented note and keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
16 Aug 2000Translated — Jennifer Benedict

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Ἀμφίδορον (Adler number alpha 1721), trans. Jennifer Benedict, 16 Aug 2000. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/alpha/1721

Translation by Jennifer Benedict for Suda On Line, revised by Ronald Allen, David Whitehead, Catharine Roth, licensed CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Shown unchanged, under the same licence, non-commercially. Original on SOL ↗