Ἀρέθουσα
Arethousa, Arethusa
Translated by Jennifer Benedict11 Jul 2001Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἀρέθουσα· πηγὴ κατὰ τὴν νῆσον Σικελίας, ἐν ᾗ εἰσβάλλει Ἀλφειὸς, ποταμὸς τῆς Ἀρκαδικῆς πόλεως, δυόμενος διὰ τῆς Ἀδριάδος θαλάσσης τὸ πέλαγος καὶ μηδαμῶς τῇ ἁλμυρίδι μιγνύμενος, ὡς ἂν τῆς τοιαύτης πηγῆς ἐρώμενος.
Betacode
*)are/qousa: phgh\ kata\ th\n nh=son *sikeli/as, e)n h(=| ei)sba/llei *)alfeio\s, potamo\s th=s *)arkadikh=s po/lews, duo/menos dia\ th=s *)adria/dos qala/sshs to\ pe/lagos kai\ mhdamw=s th=| a(lmuri/di mignu/menos, w(s a)\n th=s toiau/ths phgh=s e)rw/menos.
Notes (4)
- Same entry in ps.-Zonaras. See already at alpha 1449.↩
- 1This spring actually comes up on a small island off the southeast Sicilian coast, Ortygia, upon which the Old City of Syracuse was established (Barrington Atlas map 47 grid G4). ↩
- 2Also, the River Alpheios (alpha 1448), the longest river in the Peloponnese. ↩
- 3Meaning: taking its name from. ↩
- 4Hydrologically and chemically impossible, but for the mythological account see Pausanias 5.7.2ff (web address 1).
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Linked from5 entries
- α530ἈδριάςAdrias, AdriaticA sea. And see under Arethusa.
- α531ἈδρίαςAdrias, AdriaticA sea; [the] Adriatic sea.
- α532ἈδρίαςAdrias, AdriaticA Sicilian sea, which the [river] Alpheios dives under from Arcadia and mingles in very pure form with the Sicilian spring Arethusa.
- α1448ἈλφειόςAlpheios, AlpheusA river [of that name]. Homer [writes]: "[the river Alpheios,] which flows broad through the land of the Pylians." [The one] which "is hidden immediately after its source and carries on for quite a way underground,…
- α1449ἈλφειόςAlpheios, AlpheusA river of the Arcadian city [of that name], which is situated in the Peloponnese. Reaching open water through the Adriatic Sea, and mixing in no way with the brine, it surges up by the island of Sicily around the…
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Revision history4 revisions · last 20 Apr 2018
- repaired link — Ronald Allen
- added map note, partitioned notes, added link, added keywords — Ronald Allen
- more keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Jennifer Benedict