Αἰτναία πῶλος
Etnaean filly
Translated by Bobbiejo Winfrey ✝25 Mar 2003Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] a large [one]. "[A woman] mounted on an Etnaean filly".
Greek original · Adler’s text
Αἰτναία πῶλος· ἡ μεγάλη. Αἰτναίας ἐπὶ πώλου βεβῶσαν.
Betacode
*ai)tnai/a pw=los: h( mega/lh. *ai)tnai/as e)pi\ pw/lou bebw=san.
Notes
- Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus 312, with comment from the scholia there.
For 'Etnaean' -- named from the volcanic Mt Etna in Sicily (alphaiota 375) -- see also alphaiota 374, alphaiota 376.
Linked from3 entries
- αι374Αἰτναῖον πῦρEtnaean fire[Meaning] the Sicilian fire, [coming] our of the mountain called Etna. Also [sc. attested is the participle] 'Etna-izing'.
- αι375ΑἴτνηAitne, Aetna, EtnaA mountain of Sicily.
- αι376Αἰτναῖος κάνθαροςEtnaean dung-beetle[Meaning] the big [kind]. [So called] because the mountain too [is] big. They say that Aristaios was the only Giant to survive; the fire of heaven did not reach him, nor did Etna harm him.
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Revision history4 revisions · last 1 Dec 2015
- adjustments — David Whitehead
- Revised — David Whitehead
- more keywords — David Whitehead
- added note and keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Bobbiejo Winfrey ✝