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subject	book bibliographic info
kestos	Faraone (1999), Ancient Greek Love Magic, 98, 122, 129 Skempis and Ziogas (2014), Geography, Topography, Landscape: Configurations of Space in Greek and Roman Epic 35
kestos, himas	Braund and Most (2004), Ancient Anger: Perspectives from Homer to Galen, 154 Faraone (1999), Ancient Greek Love Magic, 9, 44, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 122, 130

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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), Ancient Anger: Perspectives from Homer to Galen, 154; Faraone (1999), Ancient Greek Love Magic, 44, 97

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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

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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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