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Headword:
Glaukos
Adler number: gamma,280
Translated headword: grey, Glaukos, Glaucus
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Meaning] white, blue.[1]
But Glaukos [is also] a proper name, [that of] a Karystian.[2]
A boxer, he was crowned twenty-five times at the Olympics, three times at the Pythians, and ten times at the Isthmians; his entire physique was excellent.[3]
Greek Original:Glaukos: leukos, kuaneos. Glaukos de onoma kurion, genos Karustios. puktês, e# kai k# Olumpiadi stephanôtheis kai Puthia tris, Isthmia dekakis, gennaios holôi tôi sômati.
Notes:
[1] For a better attempt to characterize the color glaukos see LSJ s.v. (web address 1).
[2] The source now becomes Harpokration (and
Photius) s.v.
[3] On Glaukos of
Karystos (in Euboia) see further
gamma 281. For a selection of other notable individuals of this name see OCD(4) 618-19.
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Keywords: athletics; biography; definition; geography; religion
Translated by: David Whitehead on 13 October 2000@08:44:31.
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