Asclepiades, Ap. V 210
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https://doi.org/10.3989/emerita.1982.v50.i1.784Abstract
The much suspected opening words of this poem, τῷ θαλλῷ, may in fact be correct. They could, in spite of Gow-Page, stand for the flower of youth. A second possibility is that the noun means 'wand', comporting a phallic double-entendre. Or else it may mean 'gift', a rare and neglected, but papyrologically attested meaning of the word. If emendation is still preferred, τῷ θαλπει seems the best bet, given the frequency of heat metaphors for erotic feeling in classical poetry.
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