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Headword:
*forbantei=on
Adler number: phi,584
Translated headword: Phorbanteion, Phorbas-shrine
Vetting Status: high
Translation: Hyperides in the [speech
Against] Patrokles [sc. mentions it].[1] [It has been shown][2] that the Phorbas-shrine at
Athens took its name from Phorbas who was king of [the] Kouretes and was killed by Erechtheus. Phorbas was a son of Poseidon.[3]
Greek Original:*forbantei=on: *(uperi/dhs e)n tw=| *patrokle/ous. o(/ti to\ *)aqh/nhsi *forbantei=on w)noma/sqh a)po\ *fo/rbantos basileu/santos *kourhtw=n kai\ u(p' *)erexqe/ws a)naireqe/ntos. h)=n de\ *poseidw=nos ui(o\s o( *fo/rbas.
Notes:
Abridged from Harpokration (and
Photius) s.v. Besides the lost sources cited here, the Phorbas-shrine is mentioned in
Andocides 1.62.
Despite the aetiology claimed, scholarly opinion is inclined to connect the phrase with another Phorbas, charioteer of Theseus.
[1]
Hyperides fr. 145 Jensen (not Adler's '171', which she later corrected).
[2] By
Andron (FGrH 10 F1), according to Harpokration.
[3] Harpokration cites
Hellanicus (FGrH 4 F40) for this.
Translated by: David Whitehead on 22 December 2000@05:40:38.
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