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A Homer Commentary in Progress

dēmós ‘fat, grease’

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Iliad 1.231

Gregory Nagy

... double meaning of dēmo- in the compound formation dēmoboros: it could refer either to dēmos ‘community, district’ or to dēmós ‘fat, grease’. Metaphorically, Agamemnon is a ‘devourer of the com ... Continue reading