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Headword: *)/amfion
Adler number: alpha,1749
Translated headword: cloak, wrap
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
[Meaning] a himation, a garment.[1]
Also [sc. attested is] Amphios, a proper name.[2]
Greek Original:
*)/amfion: i(ma/tion, e)/nduma. kai\ *)/amfios, o)/noma ku/rion.
Notes:
[1] Same or similar glossing in other lexica.
[2] In mythology Amphios, one of the two sons of Merops of Adrasteia, fought on the Trojan side in the Trojan War (Apollodorus, Library, epit.3).
Keywords: biography; clothing; definition; epic; mythology
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 10 August 2000@13:58:01.
Vetted by:
Catharine Roth (Added link.) on 19 August 2000@02:22:27.
David Whitehead (modified translation; added note and keywords) on 3 March 2001@09:16:30.
David Whitehead (tweaks) on 21 February 2012@05:47:50.
Catharine Roth (coding) on 24 June 2015@21:15:48.
David Whitehead on 25 June 2015@02:48:50.

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