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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.
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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.
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