Κλεωναί
Kleonai, Cleonae
Translated by David Whitehead20 Jul 2001Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
Name of a place. The lion which Herakles killed lived there.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Κλεωναί· ὄνομα τόπου, ἔνθα διέτριβεν ὁ λέων, ὃν ἀνεῖλεν Ἡρακλῆς.
Betacode
*klewnai/: o)/noma to/pou, e)/nqa die/triben o( le/wn, o(\n a)nei=len *(hraklh=s.
Notes
- Kleonai is in the NE corner of the Peloponnese, a few miles east of Nemea (Barrington Atlas map 58 grid D2): cf. kappa 1734. It was the latter which more usually lent its name to this lion (for which see also kappa 1733).
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Revision history3 revisions · last 27 Jul 2011
- augmented note — David Whitehead
- added x-ref and keyword — David Whitehead
- Revised — Catharine Roth
- Translated — David Whitehead