Ἔχετος
Echetus, Echetos
Translated by Ioannis Doukas8 Sep 2007Vetting: high11 revisions
Translation
A rough and hard tyrant. Homer [writes]: "I shall send you [...] to king Echetus, baneful to all men, who will cut off your nose and ears with pitiless bronze".1
And another [passage?]: "Festus sends out, to demonstrate that the poetical and legendary Echetus, and any other such [tyrant] from Sicily or Thessaly, were gold and a festival".2
And another [passage?]: "Festus sends out, to demonstrate that the poetical and legendary Echetus, and any other such [tyrant] from Sicily or Thessaly, were gold and a festival".2