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Ἀμυκλαῖος · Amyklaian, Amyclaean (α 1672) · Suda

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Α Β Γ Δ Ε Ζ Η Θ Ι Κ Λ Μ Ν Ξ Ο Π Ρ Σ Τ Υ Φ Χ Ψ Ω

Near α1672

α1668faint [things]
α1669to fall, to sink
α1670uninitiated
α1671shoes
α1672Amyklaian, Amyclaean
α1673excellent, impeccable, worthy
α1674Amymonian
α1675self-defence, warding-off
α1676to ward off, to requite, to repay

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Ἀμυκλαῖος

Amyklaian, Amyclaean

Translated by Jennifer Benedict22 Mar 2001Vetting: high5 revisions

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Translation

[Meaning someone] from a place [sc. called Amyklai↗/Amyclae].

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἀμυκλαῖος· ἀπὸ τόπου.

Betacode

*)amuklai=os: a)po\ to/pou.

Notes

OCD(4) s.v. Amyclae (p.76).
Amyklai/Amyclae is an area on the bank of the Eurotas river just south of Sparta. It is mentioned in Homer as an important center in the kingdom of Menelaos, but it was laid waste in the eighth century BCE by invading Dorians and incorporated into Spartan territory. In the classical period it was therefore one of the five "obes", or villages, of Sparta (as well as an important cult-center in its own right): see e.g. Xenophon, Hellenica 4.5.11, and generally N.F. Jones, Public Organization in Ancient Greece (Philadelphia 1987) 118-123.

Linked from1 entry

α1671ἈμύκλαιshoesA sort of ornament, which Empedocles had on his feet. For he had a golden wreath on his head and bronze amyklai on his feet and Delphic fillets in his hands; and thus he went from city to city, wanting to hold his own…

Neighbouring entries

α1670Ἀμύητοςuninitiated α1671Ἀμύκλαιshoes α1672ἈμυκλαῖοςAmyklaian, Amyclaean α1673Ἀμύμωνexcellent, impeccable, worthy α1674ἈμυμώνειοςAmymonian

Revision history5 revisions · last 25 Mar 2015

25 Mar 2015Revised — David Whitehead
25 Mar 2015coding — Catharine Roth
30 Jul 2014updated a ref — David Whitehead
2 Aug 2011tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
22 Mar 2001augmented note; cosmetics — David Whitehead
22 Mar 2001Translated — Jennifer Benedict

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Suda On Line, s.v. Ἀμυκλαῖος (Adler number alpha 1672), trans. Jennifer Benedict, 22 Mar 2001. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/alpha/1672

Translation by Jennifer Benedict for Suda On Line, revised by David Whitehead, Catharine Roth, licensed CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Shown unchanged, under the same licence, non-commercially. Original on SOL ↗