Φέρασπις

shield-bearing

Translated by Catharine Roth25 Sep 2011Vetting: high4 revisions

1 note · 24 words

[Meaning] one who is warlike.
"Hektor and the shield-bearing Ajax brought out of war a grace bitter to each other, the monument of friendship."¹

Greek original · Adler’s text

Φέρασπις· ὁ πολεμικός. πικρὴν ἀλλήλοις Ἕκτωρ χάριν, ἠδὲ φέρασπις Αἴας, ἐκ πολέμου μνῆμ' ἔφερον φιλίης.

Betacode

*fe/raspis: o( polemiko/s. pikrh\n a)llh/lois *(/ektwr xa/rin, h)de\ fe/raspis *ai)/as, e)k pole/mou mnh=m' e)/feron fili/hs.

Notes (1)

The headword is an an epic/tragic adjective; cf. rho 189.
1Greek Anthology 7.152.1-2 (author unknown). See further extracts from this epigram at alpha 4504 and pi 1458. ↩

Linked from1 entry

α4504Αὐτοκτόναself-destructive"Thus self-destructive gifts are sent from enemies, holding the lot of doom in the pretence of kindness." About Ajax and Hector.

Neighbouring entries

φ201ΦένωI slay φ202ΦεράςPherai, Pherae φ203Φέρασπιςshield-bearing φ204Φεραυγήςlight-bringing φ205Φέρβειfeeds

Revision history4 revisions · last 13 Sep 2023

13 Sep 2023attribution and cross-references n.1 — Ronald Allen
10 Jan 2022tweaked note — Catharine Roth
5 Dec 2013Revised — David Whitehead
26 Sep 2011more keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
25 Sep 2011Translated — Catharine Roth