PEDUM
PEDUM (
κορύνη, Theoc. 7.43), a
crook. The accompanying woodcut is taken from a
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Pedum. (From a painting.)
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painting found at Civita Vecchia (
Ant. d'Ercolano,
vol. iii. tav. 53). It shows the crook in the hand of a shepherdess. (See
also woodcut to OSCILLUM.）
The crook is continually seen in works of ancient art in the hands of Pan
(Sil. Ital.
Pun. 13.334), and is also the usual attribute of
Thalia, as the Muse of Pastoral poetry. The
λαγωβόλον (Theoc. 4.49, 7.128, prob. =
καλαῦροψ,
Il. 23.841) was a stick thrown to collect
cattle (originally to kill hares, &c.), somewhat like a
“boomerang” (Stephani,
Compte Rendu, 1867;
Fritzsche
ad Theoc.
l.c.).
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