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Β beta1

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high1

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Short1

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Jennifer Benedict1

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Jennifer Benedict1

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β473Βουφάγοςox-devouring… Simonides), quoted from alpha 3019. On this epigram, wherein a Gallus (cf. gamma 41, gamma 42) beats his timbrel to frighten away a lion, see Gow and Page vol. I (180); vol. II (517-518); …Matched in noteshighshort

β473

Βουφάγος

ox-devouring

"He just brushed the rain from his hair, but on his track an ox-devouring lion came into the hollow path."

Βουφάγος· ὑετὸν ἄρτι κόμης ἀπεμόρξατο, τοῦ δὲ κατ' ἴχνος βουφάγος εἰς κοίλην ἀτραπὸν ἷκτο λέων.