μέλπηθρον

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εἷς οἰωνὸς ἄριστος, ἀμύνεσθαι περὶ πάτρης → the best goal is defending your country

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German (Pape)

[Seite 128] τό (eigtl. Gesang u. Tanz, vgl. μολπή), Ergötzlichkeit, Spiel; μὴ κεῖνος ἀνὴρ ἔτι νοστήσειεν ἐκ Τροίης, ἀλλ' αὖθι κυνῶν μέλπηθρα γένοιτο, d. i. unbestattet, ein Spiel der Hunde werden, Il. 13, 233, wie Πάτροκλον Τρωῇσι κυσὶ μέλπηθρα γενέσθαι, 17, 255. 18, 179.