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Headword:
Zêrunthia
Adler number: zeta,86
Translated headword: Zerynthia
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [An epithet of] Aphrodite.
Also [sc. attested is] Zerynthion.[1]
Also [sc. attested is the phrase] 'Zerinthan cave', where they used to sacrifice dogs.
There the mysteries of the Korybantes and of Hekate took place. Look under the entry "But if someone."[2]
Greek Original:Zêrunthia: hê Aphroditê. kai Zêrunthion. kai Zêrinthon antron, en hôi tous kunas ethuon. entha ên ta tôn Korubantôn kai tês Hekatês mustêria. zêtei en tôi all' ei tis.
Notes:
Stephanus of
Byzantium s.v. Zerynthos: "a city and a cave of Hekate in Thrace.
Lycophron [says:
Alexandra line 77] 'Zerynthan[sic] cave of the dog-sacrificing [goddess]'."
[1] Adjective perhaps quoted from
Nicander,
Theriaca 462.
[2]
alpha 1164 (and see also under
sigma 79).
Keywords: geography; mythology; poetry; religion; zoology
Translated by: Ross Scaife ✝ on 23 May 2002@08:05:03.
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