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Ἑκάτης νήσου · Hekate's island, Hecate's island (ε 365) · Suda

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Α Β Γ Δ Ε Ζ Η Θ Ι Κ Λ Μ Ν Ξ Ο Π Ρ Σ Τ Υ Φ Χ Ψ Ω

Near ε365

ε361Hekateion
ε362far-shooter
ε363Hekate, Hecate
ε364Hekate, Hecate
ε365Hekate's island, Hecate's island
ε366Hekatombaion, Hecatombaeum
ε367Hekatomnos, Hecatomnus
ε368Hundred-foot temple
ε369hundredth

Suda/Ε epsilon/ε365

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Ἑκάτης νήσου

Hekate's island, Hecate's island

Translated by David Whitehead10 Oct 2001Vetting: high4 revisions

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1 note · 35 words

Translation

On the approach to Delos↗ lies a certain islet, which some call Psamite.¹ They say that it is called this because the goddess is honoured with psamita. A psamiton is a particular kind of cake.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἑκάτης νήσου· πρὸ τῆς Δήλου κεῖταί τι νησύδριον, ὃ ὑπ' ἐνίων Ψαμίτη καλεῖται. καλεῖσθαι δὲ οὕτως φασὶν αὐτὴν διὰ τὸ τοῖς ψαμίτοις τιμᾶσθαι τὴν θεόν. ψάμιτον δέ ἐστι ψαιστῶν τις ἰδέα.

Betacode

*(eka/ths nh/sou: pro\ th=s *dh/lou kei=tai/ ti nhsu/drion, o(\ u(p' e)ni/wn *yami/th kalei=tai. kalei=sqai de\ ou(/tws fasi\n au)th\n dia\ to\ toi=s yami/tois tima=sqai th\n qeo/n. ya/miton de/ e)sti yaistw=n tis i)de/a.

Notes (1)

From Harpokration s.v., where 'island' is nominative (not genitive, as here) and where citations for the phrase are given: Lycurgus fr.88 Conomis, and the historians Phanodemos (FGrH 325 F1) and Semos (FGrH 396 F2).
For Delos see delta 407, delta 408; for Hekate see epsilon 363, epsilon 364.
cf. psi 21.
1Psammetiche in Harpok.

Linked from3 entries

ε361ἙκάτειονHekateionA statue of [the goddess] Hekate. And [there is] a saying, 'Theagenes' Hekateion', of which he used to learn when he went away anywhere. [It was he] who used to be called Smoke. There were 2 other Theagenes-es: the one…
ε363ἙκάτηνHekate, Hecate"From her one may learn whether it is better to be rich or to go hungry. For she says that those who have and who are wealthy send her a dinner each month, but that the poor among mankind snatch it before they put it…
ε364ἙκάτηνHekate, Hecate"Some [say that she is] Artemis, others the moon, appearing in strange manifestations for those invoking curses. Her manifestations [are] humans dragon-headed and of immense size, so that the sight stupefies those who…

Neighbouring entries

ε363ἙκάτηνHekate, Hecate ε364ἙκάτηνHekate, Hecate ε365Ἑκάτης νήσουHekate's island, Hecate's island ε366ἙκατομβαιώνHekatombaion, Hecatombaeum ε367ἙκάτομνοςHekatomnos, Hecatomnus

Revision history4 revisions · last 6 Jul 2011

6 Jul 2011cosmetics — David Whitehead
7 Feb 2007augmented notes and keywords; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
17 Sep 2002added keywords — David Whitehead
10 Oct 2001Revised — Catharine Roth
10 Oct 2001Translated — David Whitehead

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Ἑκάτης νήσου (Adler number epsilon 365), trans. David Whitehead, 10 Oct 2001. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/epsilon/365

Translation by David Whitehead 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 ↗