ὀμφαλός

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Word-lemma

LSJ

Word-form

φάλος

Transliteration (Word)

phalos

Etymon-lemma

LSJ

Transliteration (Etymon)

omphalos

Author

Apion

Century

1 BC

Source

Eustathius of Thessalonica

Ref.

Comm. Il., vol. 3, p. 63

Ed.

M. van der Valk, Eustathii archiepiscopi Thessalonicensis commentarii ad Homeri Iliadem pertinentes, vols. 1-4, Leiden: Brill, 1:1971; 2:1976; 3:1979; 4:1987

Quotation

Φάλος γάρ ἐστι μικρὸς ὀμφαλός, οὗ ἐκδεῖται ὁ λόφος. Οἱ δὲ περὶ Ἀπίωνα καὶ Ἡρόδωρον οὕτω φασί· φάλοι, ὀμφαλοὶ ἀσπίσι μικραῖς παραπλήσιοι, καὶ κεῖνται κατὰ τὸ μέτωπον, ὑπερέχοντες τῶν ὀφρύων, ἀποσκιάζοντες τὴν τοῦ ἡλίου αὐγήν

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