Ἀγωαῖος
for leading
Translated by Malcolm Heath17 Jun 1999Vetting: high8 revisions
Translation
In the Epigrams: "and a dog-leash for leading".1
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἀγωαῖος· ἐν Ἐπιγράμμασι· ἀγωαῖόν τε κυνάγχαν.
Betacode
*)agwai=os: e)n *)epigra/mmasi: a)gwai=o/n te kuna/gxan.
Notes (1)
- This unglossed adjective↩
a)gwgai=os (sic:a)gwai=os here is wrong, but guaranteed by the alphabetical order) is attested only in the source quoted; cf. Gow and Page, vol. II (356-357).- 1Greek Anthology 6.35.5 (Leonidas of Tarentum), a rustic dedication to Pan; cf. Gow and Page, vol. I (122) and vol. II (op. cit.); cf. further extracts from this epigram at alpha 350, alphaiota 210, gamma 73, lambda 189, rho 72, and tau 264.
References
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: Hellenistic Epigrams, vol. II, (Cambridge 1965)
A.S.F. Gow and D.L. Page, eds., The Greek Anthology: Hellenistic Epigrams, vol. II, (Cambridge 1965)
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Revision history8 revisions · last 15 Nov 2018
- improved wording n.1 — Ronald Allen
- expanded primary note, expanded n.1, added bibliography, added cross-references, added keyword — Ronald Allen
- coding — David Whitehead
- tweaked note — Catharine Roth
- augmented primary note — David Whitehead
- added primary note; tweaks — David Whitehead
- modified keywords — David Whitehead
- Altered headword, keywords, set status. — William Hutton
- Translated — Malcolm Heath