Ἄδωνις Ἀδώνιδος

Adonis, [genitive] Adonidos

Translated by Jennifer Benedict · 19 Mar 2001 · Vetting: high · 5 revisions

Translation

A proper name.¹
"And there was holy grief, such as that for Adonis on Libanos² and [sc. in] Byblos."³

Ἄδωνις, Ἀδώνιδος· ὄνομα κύριον. καὶ πένθος ἦν ἱερόν, οἷον ἐν Λιβάνῳ τὸ ἐπ' Ἀδώνιδι καὶ Βύβλῳ.

Betacode

*)/adwnis, *)adw/nidos: o)/noma ku/rion. kai\ pe/nqos h)=n i(ero/n, oi(=on e)n *liba/nw| to\ e)p' *)adw/nidi kai\ *bu/blw|.

[1] cf. alpha 512, alpha 513, alpha 514, alpha 515, alpha 517.
2Mt. Libanos, in Phoenicia (present-day Lebanon). ↩
3Present-day Jubayl, in Lebanon. The quotation as a whole is perhaps from Aelian (so Adler); in any event, again more fully at pi 965.

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Adonis, [genitive] Adonidos

Translated by Jennifer Benedict · 19 Mar 2001 · Vetting: high · 5 revisions

A proper name.¹
"And there was holy grief, such as that for Adonis on Libanos² and [sc. in] Byblos."³

Ἄδωνις, Ἀδώνιδος· ὄνομα κύριον. καὶ πένθος ἦν ἱερόν, οἷον ἐν Λιβάνῳ τὸ ἐπ' Ἀδώνιδι καὶ Βύβλῳ.

Betacode

*)/adwnis, *)adw/nidos: o)/noma ku/rion. kai\ pe/nqos h)=n i(ero/n, oi(=on e)n *liba/nw| to\ e)p' *)adw/nidi kai\ *bu/blw|.

[1] cf. alpha 512, alpha 513, alpha 514, alpha 515, alpha 517.
2Mt. Libanos, in Phoenicia (present-day Lebanon). ↩
3Present-day Jubayl, in Lebanon. The quotation as a whole is perhaps from Aelian (so Adler); in any event, again more fully at pi 965.

Revisions (5)