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Βελεστίχη · Belestiche (β 232) · Suda

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β228bekeselene
β229bekeselene
β230darts
β231Bellerophontes, Bellerophon
β232Belestiche
β233Belisarius, Belisarios
β234arrow, dart, missile
β235needle-seller
β236top

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Βελεστίχη

Belestiche

Translated by Craig Gibson15 Oct 2002Vetting: high6 revisions

biography
gender and sexuality
geography
history
religion
women

2 words

Translation

[no gloss]

Greek original · Adler’s text

Βελεστίχη.

Betacode

*belesti/xh.

Notes

C3 BCE. One of the mistresses of King Ptolemy II Philadelphus of Egypt (reigned 282-246 BCE); mentioned in Plutarch, Moralia 753E, who says there were shrines dedicated to her in Alexandria.
cf. under sigma 871.

Neighbouring entries

β230Βέλεμναdarts β231ΒελλεροφόντηςBellerophontes, Bellerophon β232ΒελεστίχηBelestiche β233ΒελισάριοςBelisarius, Belisarios β234Βέλοςarrow, dart, missile

Revision history6 revisions · last 20 Sep 2015

20 Sep 2015expanded note; more keywords — David Whitehead
28 May 2012Revised — David Whitehead
17 Feb 2011cross-reference — Catharine Roth
16 Sep 2004Revised — David Whitehead
16 Oct 2002cosmetics — Catharine Roth
16 Oct 2002added note and keywords — David Whitehead
15 Oct 2002Translated — Craig Gibson

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Βελεστίχη (Adler number beta 232), trans. Craig Gibson, 15 Oct 2002. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/beta/232

Translation by Craig Gibson for Suda On Line, revised by David Whitehead, Catharine Roth, licensed CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Shown unchanged, under the same licence, non-commercially. Original on SOL ↗