Excerpt from Studies in SophoclesUnquestionably m is occasionally used in the sense of iugulum but this is not the tragic meaning of the word, and it is not common in any period of the language. As Aristotle defines the term in this technical anatomical sense, 0-day? Is xom'w pe'pos' aéxévos xal 01159009(h A. Cp. 3. 2. 6 659 Thu medalfiv Std 761: arbaoyéiv. But it is questionable whether 04mm, occurs anywhere in poetry in the sense of throat for Aesch. Prom. 863 and Eur. Or. 291 are by no means certain instances. The plural a-dayal is never used, either in prose or in poetry, to designate the neck of a single person or animal (except Aristotle, lac. Cit).About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.