Suda On Line menu Search

Home
Search results for phi,182 in Adler number:
Greek display:    
Headword: *faisto/s
Adler number: phi,182
Translated headword: Phaistos, Phaestus
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
A city of Crete.[1]
Homer [says]: "into Phaistos, [where only] a small rock keeps away a great wave".[2] For a certain Maleos brought this rock and dedicated it to Poseidon, to prevent the waves crashing against Phaistos.[3]
Greek Original:
*faisto/s: po/lis *krh/ths. *(/omhros: e)s *faisto/n, mikro\s de\ li/qos me/ga ku=m' a)poe/rgei. *ma/leos ga/r tis tele/sas to\n li/qon tou=ton a)nie/rwse tw=| *poseidw=ni, pro\s tw=| mh\ ta\ ku/mata prospela/zein th=| *faistw=|.
Notes:
[1] Near its S coast. Strabo 10.4.14; Stephanus of Byzantium, s.v.; and see already phi 181.
[2] Homer, Odyssey 3.296.
[3] Repeated at mu 101.
Keywords: aetiology; biography; definition; epic; geography; mythology; religion
Translated by: David Whitehead on 15 November 2001@03:16:47.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead on 6 September 2002@12:39:49.
Catharine Roth on 26 November 2002@17:22:09.
David Whitehead (x-ref; more keywords) on 9 August 2011@05:22:34.
Find      

Test Database Real Database

(Try these tips for more productive searches.)
No. of records found: 1    Page 1

End of search