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Ἰαολκός · Iaolkos, Iolkos, Iolcus (ι 40) · Suda

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Near ι40

ι36fine-veiled, with a fine veil
ι37fine-woven
ι38Janus
ι39Ianouarios, January
ι40Iaolkos, Iolkos, Iolcus
ι41Iapetos, Iapetus
ι42hurting
ι43Iapygia
ι44Iapyx

Suda/Ι iota/ι40

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Ἰαολκός

Iaolkos, Iolkos, Iolcus

Translated by David Whitehead11 Oct 2004Vetting: high4 revisions

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Translation

[no gloss]

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἰαολκός.

Betacode

*)iaolko/s.

Notes

A Bronze-age site in Thessaly (N Greece), under Mt Pelion; present-day Volos. See generally OCD(4) s.v. Iolcus; Barrington Atlas Map 55 grid D2.
The present entry's Iaolkos form occurs in Homer and Pindar.

Neighbouring entries

ι38ἼανοςJanus ι39ἸαννουάριοςIanouarios, January ι40ἸαολκόςIaolkos, Iolkos, Iolcus ι41ἸαπετόςIapetos, Iapetus ι42Ἰάπτωνhurting

Revision history4 revisions · last 4 Aug 2014

4 Aug 2014Revised — David Whitehead
8 Jan 2013Revised — David Whitehead
12 Oct 2004augmented note — David Whitehead
11 Oct 2004set status — Catharine Roth
11 Oct 2004Translated — David Whitehead

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Ἰαολκός (Adler number iota 40), trans. David Whitehead, 11 Oct 2004. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/iota/40

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 ↗