Βρυτίδαι
Brutidai, Brutidae, Brutids
Translated by David Whitehead16 Nov 2003Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
Name of an Athenian clan.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Βρυτίδαι· ὄνομα γένους Ἀττικοῦ.
Betacode
*bruti/dai: o)/noma ge/nous *)attikou=.
Notes
- Abridged from Harpokration s.v., commenting on this word's appearance in [Demosthenes] 59.59-61 (web address 1). Attested only there and in the lexica deriving therefrom; the import of the name defies interpretation (Robert Parker, Athenian Religion [Oxford 1996] 57, 288).