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Ποιητὴς, ὁπόταν ἐν τῷ τρίποδι τῆς Μούσης καθίζηται, τότε οὐκ ἔμφρων ἐστίν → Whenever a poet is seated on the Muses' tripod, he is not in his senses

Plato, Laws, 719c

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

ἅλκη: ἡ, εἶδος ἐλάφου, ἐχούσης πλατέα καὶ μεγάλα κέρατα, Παυσ. 5. 12., 1. (Πρβλ. Σανσκρ. ri←as, ri←yas (εἶδος δορκάδος), Λατ. alces, Παλαιογερμ. elaho, Ἀγγλοσαξον. elch, Ἀγγλ. elk).