The Ancient Mediterranean Religions Index Database

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subject	book bibliographic info
kestos	Faraone (1999) 98, 122, 129
kestos, himas	Braund and Most (2004) 154 Faraone (1999) 9, 44, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 122, 130

List of validated texts:

1 validated results for "kestos"

1. Homer, Iliad, 14.214-14.217 (8th cent. BCE - 7th cent. BCE)
Tagged with subjects: • kestos himas

Found in books: Braund and Most (2004) 154; Faraone (1999) 44, 97

14.214. ἦ, καὶ ἀπὸ στήθεσφιν ἐλύσατο κεστὸν ἱμάντα 14.215. ποικίλον, ἔνθα δέ οἱ θελκτήρια πάντα τέτυκτο· 14.216. ἔνθʼ ἔνι μὲν φιλότης, ἐν δʼ ἵμερος, ἐν δʼ ὀαριστὺς 14.217. πάρφασις, ἥ τʼ ἔκλεψε νόον πύκα περ φρονεόντων.''. None

14.214. ever should I be called dear by them and worthy of reverence. To her again spake in answer laughter-loving Aphrodite:It may not be that I should say thee nay, nor were it seemly; for thou sleepest in the arms of mightiest Zeus. She spake, and loosed from her bosom the broidered zone, 14.215. curiously-wrought, wherein are fashioned all manner of allurements; therein is love, therein desire, therein dalliance—beguilement that steals the wits even of the wise. This she laid in her hands, and spake, and addressed her:Take now and lay in thy bosom this zone, 14.217. curiously-wrought, wherein are fashioned all manner of allurements; therein is love, therein desire, therein dalliance—beguilement that steals the wits even of the wise. This she laid in her hands, and spake, and addressed her:Take now and lay in thy bosom this zone, ''. None

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