Ἀπολλώνιον
Apollônion
Translated by William Hutton24 Jan 2002Vetting: high11 revisions
Translation
An abbreviated way of saying 'the shrine of Apollo'. This is also the correct reading in Thucydides.1 Likewise Poseidônion, the [shrine] of Poseidon. Thus Athenaion, that of Athena, and Dionysion and Demetrion, and all such things, homonymous with the anthroponyms.2 But as for Poseidaneion,3 it is clearly a Doric form.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἀπολλώνιον· βραχέως, τὸ ἱερὸν τοῦ Ἀπόλλωνος. οὕτως καὶ παρὰ Θουκυδίδῃ ἀναγνωστέον. καὶ Ποσειδώνιον, τὸ τοῦ Ποσειδῶνος. ὡς Ἀθήναιον, τὸ τῆς Ἀθηνᾶς· καὶ Διονύσιον καὶ Δημήτριον καὶ πάντα τὰ τοιαῦτα, ὁμώνυμα τοῖς ἀνδρωνυμικοῖς. τὸ δὲ Ποσειδάνειον δῆλον ὅτι Δωριαῖον.
Betacode
*)apollw/nion: braxe/ws, to\ i(ero\n tou= *)apo/llwnos. ou(/tws kai\ para\ *qoukudi/dh| a)nagnwste/on. kai\ *poseidw/nion, to\ tou= *poseidw=nos. w(s *)aqh/naion, to\ th=s *)aqhna=s: kai\ *dionu/sion kai\ *dhmh/trion kai\ pa/nta ta\ toiau=ta, o(mw/numa toi=s a)ndrwnumikoi=s. to\ de\ *poseida/neion dh=lon o(/ti *dwriai=on.
Notes (3)
- This material (also in the Synagoge, alpha1886) appears again, re-arranged, at alpha 730, delta 428, delta 1169 (end), and pi 2103.
- 1Thucydides 2.91.1 (web address 1). The alternative spelling
*)apollw/neion with a diphthong is attested in Cassius Dio and discussed by Ps.-Herodian, Stephanus of Byzantium, and (post-Suda) Eusthathius of Thessalonica. ↩ - 2That is, like the proper names Dionysios, Demetrios, Poseidonios, etc. ↩
- 3Unattested outside lexicography. But the god's name is attested with an alpha,
*posei/dan in Aeolic,*poseida/n in Doric poetry. ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Linked from3 entries
- α730ἈθήναιονAthenaion, Athenaeum, shrine of AthenaApollonion [is] short for the shrine of Apollo. This is how one must construe it in Thucydides. Also [sc. attested is] Poseidonion, that of Poseidon, like Athenaion, that of Athena, and Dionysion and Demetrion and all…
- δ428Δημήτρειος καρπόςDemetrian fruit[Meaning] that of Demeter. Apollonion is short for the shrine of Apollo. This is the correct reading also in Thucydides. Also Poseidonion, the [shrine] of Poseidon, as Athenaion, the [shrine] of Athena; and Dionysion…
- δ1169ΔιονυσιάδηςDionysiadesSon of Phylarchides, of Mallos, tragic poet. This man was a member of the Pleiad, and he also wrote, amongst other things, Characters or Comedy-lovers, in which he describes the characters of the [comic] poets.…
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- typo, new note — Catharine Roth
- expanded note — Catharine Roth
- another x-ref — David Whitehead
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- added keyword — David Whitehead
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- Translated — William Hutton