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Headword:
Kreôphulos
Adler number: kappa,2376
Translated headword: Creophylus, Kreophylos
Vetting Status: high
Translation: Son of Astycles; of
Chios or
Samos;[1] epic poet. Some record that he was
Homer's son-in-law, his daughter's husband; others say he was only a friend of
Homer, and that in return for his hospitality to
Homer he received from him the poem
The Capture of Oechalia.[2]
Kreôphulos, Astukleous, Chios ê Samios, epopoios. tines de auton historêsan Homêrou gambron epi thugatri. hoi de philon monon gegonenai auton Homêrou legousi kai hupodexamenon Homêron labein par' autou to poiêma tên tês Oichalias halôsin.
Notes:
See generally RE Kreophylos(1).
[1] The latter has the stronger backing.
[2] Sc. by Heracles. For an ancient summary of this dispute see
Strabo 14.1.18.
Translated by: Malcolm Heath on 8 May 2002@21:40:05.
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