α1810Ἀναβολάς
overtures
[Meaning] the preludes. "I want to take up new overtures." Or the beginnings of hymns. Homer [says]: "now playing the lyre he began the prelude singing beautifully." And Aristophanes [says]: "they flew gathering up…
Ἀναβολάς· τὰ προοίμια. καινὰς ἀναβολὰς θέλω λαβεῖν. ἢ τὰς ἀρχὰς τῶν ᾀσμάτων. Ὅμηρος· ἤτοι ὁ φορμίζων ἀνεβάλλετο καλὸν ἀείδειν. καὶ Ἀριστοφάνης· ξυνελέγοντ' ἀναβολὰς ποτώμεναι.…