Χαραδραῖος λέων
ravine lion
Translated by Jennifer Benedict13 Mar 2008Vetting: high2 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] one [which lives] in the ravines. Unless it means the Thespian [lion], which was the first one Heracles killed, in Thespiae.1 That place is called "Ravine" (xara/dra ).
Greek original · Adler’s text
Χαραδραῖος λέων· ὁ παρὰ ταῖς χαράδραις. εἰ μὴ τὸν Θεσπιακὸν λέγει, ὃν πρῶτον ἀνεῖλεν Ἡρακλῆς ἐν Θεσπιαῖς. Χαράδρα δὲ καλεῖται ὁ τόπος ἐκεῖνος.