Ὠφθαλμισμένους
inlaid, set
Translated by David Whitehead7 Sep 2005Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
The couches of the ancients used to have their feet inlaid with rubies1 and amber.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ὠφθαλμισμένους· ὠφθαλμισμένους ἄνθραξι καὶ ἠλέκτροις εἶχον τοὺς πόδας αἱ κλίναι τῶν ἀρχαίων.
Betacode
*)wfqalmisme/nous: w)fqalmisme/nous a)/nqraci kai\ h)le/ktrois ei)=xon tou\s po/das ai( kli/nai tw=n a)rxai/wn.
Notes (1)
- From the scholia to Aristophanes, Knights 532. See already under eta 199.
- 1Or garnets: anthrax seems to cover both, and indeed other red precious stones (LSJ s.v., II). ↩
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Revision history3 revisions · last 4 Nov 2013
- Revised — David Whitehead
- augemented note — David Whitehead
- added keyword, set status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — David Whitehead