Φαλλάκιον

phallakion

Translated by Catharine Roth18 Jan 2008Vetting: high3 revisions

2 notes · 15 words

Translation

[Meaning an] improvised poem, sung for a phallus.1
Also [sc. attested is the name] Phalaikos/Phalaecus.2

Greek original · Adler’s text

Φαλλάκιον· ποίημα αὐτοσχέδιον, ἐπὶ τῷ φαλλῷ ᾀδόμενον. καὶ Φάλαικος.

Betacode
*falla/kion: poi/hma au)tosxe/dion, e)pi\ tw=| fallw=| a)|do/menon. kai\ *fa/laikos. 

Notes (2)

  1. 1cf. phi 51, where this neuter noun, there in the plural, is slightly different (and more common). Likewise or similarly in other lexica; references at Photius phi32, where Theodoridis notes that 'poem' is sometimes part of the headword (probably incorrectly, he thinks). ↩
  2. 2A Phocian general and dynast of the mid-C4 BCE, mentioned by Aeschines, Diodorus and others. See generally C.J. Tuplin in OCD4 Phalaecus. ↩

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Revision history3 revisions · last 6 Aug 2014
  1. Revised — David Whitehead
  2. Revised — David Whitehead
  3. augmented notes and keywords; tweaks — David Whitehead
  4. Translated — Catharine Roth

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