ἀλεξίκακε τρισέληνε, μηδέποθ' ἡττηθείς, σήμερον ἐξετάθης → averter of woes, offspring of three nights, thou, who never didst suffer defeat, art to-day laid low
branch: P. and V. πτόρθος, ὁ (Plato), κλών, ὁ (Plato); see branch.
plucking sprigs of tender myrtle for his head: V. δρέπων τερείνης μυρσίνης κάρᾳ πλόκους (Euripides, Electra 778).
