δόκανα
From LSJ
ὁ δ' εὖ ἔρδων θεοὺς ἐλπίδι κυδροτέρᾳ σαίνει κέαρ → but he who does well to the gods cheers his heart with a more glorious hope
English (LSJ)
τά, (δοκός) at Sparta,
A two upright parallel bars joined towards each end (as symbols of the Dioscuri), Plu.2.478a.
German (Pape)
[Seite 652] τά, nach Plut. de frat. am. 1 zwei parallele mit Querstücken verbundene Hölzer, παλαιὰ τῶν Διοσκούρων ἀφιδρύματα, das noch jetzt übliche astronomische Zeichen des Zwillingsgestirns, II.
