ει45Εἴδωλον
likeness, image, phantom
[Meaning] a shadowy image; or an appearance of a body, a certain cloudy shadow. As Bacchylides [writes]: "dark-dyed likeness of an Ithacan man." Also the Poet [writes] about Antikleia: "three times like a shadow [she…
Εἴδωλον· σκιῶδες ὁμοίωμα· ἢ φαντασία σώματος, σκιά τις ἀεροειδής. ὡς καὶ Βακχυλίδης· μελαμβαφὲς εἴδωλον ἀνδρὸς Ἰθακησίου. καὶ ὁ Ποιητὴς ἐπὶ τῆς Ἀντικλείας· τρὶς δέ μοι ἐκ χειρῶν…
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