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Cypselus

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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

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

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Κύψελος, ὁ.

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

Cypsĕlus: i, m., = Κύψελος,
I a tyrant at Corinth, Cic. Tusc. 5, 37, 109.—Hence,
II Cypsĕlĭdes, ae, m., = Κυψελίδης, the descendant of Cypselus, i. e. Periander, Verg. Cir. 463.