Κεραοξόος
horn-polisher, horn-polishing
Translated by David Whitehead30 Oct 2008Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Κεραοξόος· ὁ τὰ κέρατα ἐργαζόμενος. ἐν Ἐπιγράμμασι· νῦν δέ με Νικομάχῳ κεραοξόος ἥρμοσε τέκτων.
Betacode
*keraoco/os: o( ta\ ke/rata e)rgazo/menos. e)n *)epigra/mmasi: nu=n de/ me *nikoma/xw| keraoco/os h(/rmose te/ktwn.
Notes (2)
- 1A gloss on Homer, Iliad 4.110, where the phrase
keraoco/os...te/ktwn is used. See also next note, for an epigram that echoes it. ↩ - 2Greek Anthology 6.113.3 (= Sim(m)ias of Rhodes [sigma 431] fr.18.3 Powell). On this epigram, wherein a bow is fashioned from a goat's horns, see Gow and Page (vol. I, 178), (vol. II, 512-513), and another extract at iota 387. ↩
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 history5 revisions · last 16 Apr 2022
- expanded n.2, added bibliography, added cross-reference — Ronald Allen
- coding — Catharine Roth
- Revised — David Whitehead
- x-ref; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- set status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — David Whitehead