η199Ἤλεκτρα
elektra, lyre-pegs
In a special sense the ivories placed upon beds used to be so called, h)/lektra. Aristophanes [says]: "with the pegs falling out and the tone no longer there". Consistently, after the bed he also mentioned the 'tone'. A…
Ἤλεκτρα· ἰδίως τὰ ταῖς κλίναις ἐπιβαλλόμενα ἐλεφάντινα οὕτως ἐκάλουν, ἤλεκτρα. Ἀριστοφάνης· ἐκπιπτουσῶν τῶν ἠλέκτρων, καὶ τοῦ τόνου οὐκ ἔτ' ὄντος. ἀκολούθως μετὰ τὴν κλίνην…