Ἀμύντης

defender

Translated by Jennifer Benedict7 Oct 2000Vetting: high5 revisions

11 words

[*)amu/nths] and a)lkh/sths ["brave man"]: the terms [are] tragic and Aeschylean.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἀμύντης καὶ Ἀλκήστης, τραγικὰ καὶ Αἰσχυληρὰ τὰ ὀνόματα.

Betacode

*)amu/nths kai\ *)alkh/sths, tragika\ kai\ *ai)sxulhra\ ta\ o)no/mata.

Same entry in Photius; also Phrynichus, Praeparatio sophistica fr. 175.
Neither word -- the first a favourite of Herodotus' -- actually occurs in what survives of Aeschylus. They have, nevertheless, been registered as adespota of his. Note, however, that the adjective *ai)sxulhro/s (as opposed to *ai)xu/leios) occurs only here, and Reitzenstein suggested emending *ai)sxulhra/ to sklhra/ ("harsh").