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Headword: Linos
Adler number: lambda,568
Translated headword: Linos, Linus
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
Of Chalcis,[1] [son] of Apollo and Terpsichore, but others [say] of Amphimaros and Ourania, others of Hermes and Ourania. This man is said to have been the first to bring the alphabet from Phoenicia to the Greeks.[2] He is also said to have been Heracles' teacher of letters, and the first leader of lyric song.[3]
Greek Original:
Linos, Chalkideus, Apollônos kai Terpsichorês, hoi de Amphimarou kai Ouranias, hoi de Hermou kai Ouranias. legetai de prôtos houtos apo Phoinikês grammata eis Hellênas agagein, genesthai de kai Hêrakleous didaskalos grammatôn kai tês lurikês mousês prôtos genesthai hêgemôn.
Notes:
See generally OCD(4) 843; and cf. lambda 570.
[1] On the island of Euboea.
[2] But see gamma 416, kappa 21, kappa 22, phi 787, with different versions of the introduction of the alphabet.
[3] cf. Pausanias 9.29.6-9 (web address 1); see also epsilon 935.
Associated internet address:
Web address 1
Keywords: aetiology; biography; chronology; dialects, grammar, and etymology; geography; meter and music; mythology; poetry
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 13 February 2002@14:18:28.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (augmented notes and keywords cosmetics) on 14 February 2002@03:06:14.
David Whitehead (more keywords; tweaking) on 19 April 2013@06:11:53.
Catharine Roth (upgraded link) on 19 April 2013@09:39:07.
David Whitehead (updated a ref) on 5 August 2014@03:44:12.
Catharine Roth (cross-reference) on 19 January 2017@01:57:07.

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