Ἁρπαστὸν

handball, snatchball

Translated by Jennifer Benedict5 Apr 2001Vetting: high2 revisions

6 words

[Handball] and ball: types of games.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἁρπαστὸν καὶ Σφαῖρα· εἴδη παιδιᾶς.

Betacode

*(arpasto\n kai\ *sfai=ra: ei)/dh paidia=s.

Mentioned together, twice, in Artemidorus 1.55.
On ancient ball-games in general see the compendium of material in Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 1.14D-15C (1.25 Kaibel); and cf. alpha 1817, omicron 671, sigma 1719, sigma 1720.