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Headword: *(rahqw/
Adler number: rho,25
Translated headword: Rhaetho, Rhaethou
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
Name of a place, or of a mountain.[1] "In/on Sinai and at Rhaetho."[2]
Greek Original:
*(rahqw/: o)/noma to/pou, h)\ o)/rous. e)n *sina=| kai\ *(rahqoi=.
Notes:
[1] For Rhaethou -- present-day Tor -- and the surrounding territory of the Rhaethenoi see Ptolemy 5.16.3; Barrington Atlas Map 76 grid D5; and cf. mu 147. Hemsterhuis suggested emending the spelling to *(raiqw/; manuscript A reads *(rahqou=, F *(rai+qou.
[2] According to tradition, a group of monks was martyred by desert Bedouins at this location (commemorated on January 14 in Catholic and Orthodox calendars). The phrase is found in the heading of their biography in the Imperial Menologia (11th century).
Keywords: Christianity; definition; geography; religion
Translated by: David Whitehead on 20 February 2004@08:57:12.
Vetted by:
Catharine Roth (set status) on 20 February 2004@16:58:55.
Catharine Roth (augmented note) on 21 February 2004@22:37:44.
David Whitehead (x-ref) on 22 February 2004@04:32:26.
Catharine Roth (added keyword, raised status) on 8 October 2005@11:38:35.
Catharine Roth (tweaked translation, expanded note) on 4 September 2010@23:07:44.
David Whitehead (tweaked tr) on 6 September 2010@05:12:03.
Catharine Roth (cosmeticule) on 6 July 2020@23:25:27.
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