Δικταῖον σπήλαιον
Dictaean cave
Translated by Meredith Grau23 Jun 2003Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
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Greek original · Adler’s text
Δικταῖον σπήλαιον.
Betacode
*diktai=on sph/laion.
Notes
- "Dictaean" means Cretan (from Crete's Mt Dicte: Strabo 10.4.12), and more precisely it is an epithet of Zeus. The "Dictaean cave" is thus the one in which the newborn Zeus was hidden from his father Cronus.