Πλακόεις

flatcake

Translated by David Whitehead24 Feb 2004Vetting: high3 revisions

6 words

'[...] and the flatcake, fat, cheese-bearing'.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Πλακόεις. καὶ τὸν πλακόεντα πίον τυροφόρον.

Betacode

*plako/eis. kai\ to\n plako/enta pi/on turofo/ron.

Notes

Greek Anthology 6.155.3-4 (Theodoridas); more fully at tau 1201.

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Revision history3 revisions · last 14 May 2022

14 May 2022punctuation tweak to translation — Ronald Allen
25 Feb 2004augmented note — David Whitehead
24 Feb 2004set status — Catharine Roth
24 Feb 2004Translated — David Whitehead