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β66Βάλανοςdate; head of the penis… (New Haven 1975) 41, 119, 141. [2] The date palm, phoenix dactylifera; so called because the fruit is a crimson [phoinix] to brown color when ripe. Xenophon, Anabasis 1.5.10 (web address 2 below). [3] …Matched in noteshighshort
α860Ἀκηδήςuncared-for, uncaring… (66 Domingo-Forasté). It refers to a capture of Syracuse by Phoenix [Author, Myth] of Acragas, but confuses historical facts (see sigma 441; cf. Callimachus fr. 64 Pfeiffer). The allusion is to the desecration of …Matched in noteshighmedium