Αἰφηρητιάδης

Aipheretiades

Translated by David Whitehead27 Sep 2002Vetting: high3 revisions

2 words

A patronymic.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Αἰφηρητιάδης· πατρωνυμικόν.

Betacode

*ai)fhrhtia/dhs: patrwnumiko/n.

Yes and no. Homer, Iliad 2.763-4 introduces the horseman Eumelos; as the son of Admetos of Pherai (alpha 492) he is there called Pheretiades. He reappears in 23.376 in the phrase a(i *fhrhtia/dao podw/kees... i(/ppoi, 'the swift-footed mares of Pheretiades', and the present entry attaches that definite article to the beginning of the name.