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Δικέραιον · two-horned (δ 1088) · Suda

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Δικέραιον

two-horned

Translated by Nicholas Wilshere8 Nov 2004Vetting: high9 revisions

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1 note · 30 words

Translation

[Meaning] having two horns. In the Epigrams: "but having torn away from its forehead the skin and the two-horned tyne, he placed it in the temple of the huntress maiden."¹

Greek original · Adler’s text

Δικέραιον· δύο κέρατα ἔχουσαν. ἐν Ἐπιγράμμασι· δέρμα δὲ καὶ δικέραιον ἀπὸ στόρθυγγα μετώπων σπασάμενος κούρᾳ θέτο παρ' ἀγρώτιδι.

Betacode

*dike/raion: du/o ke/rata e)/xousan. e)n *)epigra/mmasi: de/rma de\ kai\ dike/raion a)po\ sto/rqugga metw/pwn spasa/menos kou/ra| qe/to par' a)grw/tidi.

Notes (1)

The headword, (feminine) accusative singular of this adjective, is evidently extracted from the quotation given.
1Greek Anthology 6.111.5-6 (Antipater of Sidon), a hunter dedicates to Artemis the hide and antlers of the deer he killed; cf. Gow and Page (vol. I, 26), (vol. II, 69-71), and further excerpts from this epigram at omicron 950 and rho 221. The 'huntress maiden' is Artemis (alpha 4028). Although the first words of the epigram, *ta\n e)/lafon identify the deer as a hind, this animal is almost certainly a Red Deer, Cervis elaphus, the females of which species have no antlers. Paton (359), in fact, identifies the deer as a hind. But, as the LSJ points out s.v. e)/lafos (web address 1), the noun with the feminine article, as here, is often used generically. The subject of Greek Anthology 6.110 (Leonidas of Tarentum) is another antlered hind (cf. phi 683), and Gow and Page describe both that deer and the one in this epigram as stags (vol. II, 393; vol. II, 69-70).

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)
W.R. Paton, trans., The Greek Anthology: Books I-VI, (Cambridge, MA 1993)

External resources

Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu

Linked from1 entry

δ1107Δίκραιροςtwo-horned"A two-horned to a two-horned, a shaggy-haired to a shaggy-legged". In the Epigrams.

Neighbouring entries

δ1086Δικαιωτήριαhouses of punishment, places of judgment δ1087Δίκελλαfork, mattock δ1088Δικέραιονtwo-horned δ1089Δίκηlawsuit, private suit δ1090Δίκηsuit

Revision history9 revisions · last 1 Jul 2021

1 Jul 2021my typo references — Ronald Allen
25 Jun 2021cosmeticules — Catharine Roth
25 Jun 2021expanded n.1, added bibliography, added cross-references, added keyword — Ronald Allen
9 Nov 2015 — David Whitehead
11 Jul 2012another note; more keywords — David Whitehead
9 Nov 2004augmented note and keywords — David Whitehead
8 Nov 2004cosmetics, status — Catharine Roth
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8 Nov 2004Translated — Nicholas Wilshere

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Δικέραιον (Adler number delta 1088), trans. Nicholas Wilshere, 8 Nov 2004. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/delta/1088

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