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Φοινικόστολος

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Aeschylus, fr. 317

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

Φοινῑκόστολος: -ον, ὁ ὐπὸ τῶν Φοινίκων στελλόμενος, Φοιν. ἔγχεα, δηλαδὴ ἔγχεα τοῦ τῶν Φοινίκων στόλου, Πινδ. Ν. 9. 67.

English (Slater)

Φοινῑκόστολος
   1of a Phoenician army πεῖραν μὲν ἀγάνορα Φοινικοστόλων ἐγχέων ταύταν θανάτου πέρι καὶ ζωᾶς ἀναβάλλομαι ὡς πόρσιστα (the meaning with blood red spears is also intended, with ref. to the expedition of the Seven) (N. 9.28)