Ἀργίννουσα
Arginnousa, Arginousai, Arginusae
Translated by David Whitehead8 Oct 2000Vetting: high7 revisions
Translation
An island.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἀργίννουσα· νῆσος.
Betacode
*)argi/nnousa: nh=sos.
Notes
- In fact a group of (small) islands, near Lesbos in the eastern Aegean (Barrington Atlas map 57 grid E2). (So, correctly, Harpokration s.v. Arginousai, presumably the immediate source of the present, unimpressive entry.)
Site of a celebrated seabattle between the Athenian and Spartan navies in 406 BCE; cf. epsilon 3234 and see generally OCD(4) p.148, under 'Arginusae'.
The -nn- version of the name is confined to lexica and scholia.
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Revision history7 revisions · last 21 Feb 2018
- Added map note — Ronald Allen
- updated a ref — David Whitehead
- Revised — David Whitehead
- expanded note — David Whitehead
- expanded notes; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- set status — William Hutton
- supplied headword; augmented note and keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — David Whitehead