Κολιάς
Kolias
Translated by David Whitehead30 Dec 2008Vetting: high2 revisions
Translation
A coastal promontory of Attica; named from a metaphor of the kolon. And there is a shrine of Aphrodite Kolias there.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Κολιάς· ἐπιθαλασσία ἄκρα τῆς Ἀττικῆς· ἐκ μεταφορᾶς τοῦ κόλου ὠνομασμένη. καὶ ἔστιν αὐτόθι Ἀφροδίτης ἱερὸν Κωλιάδος.
Betacode
*kolia/s: e)piqalassi/a a)/kra th=s *)attikh=s: e)k metafora=s tou= ko/lou w)nomasme/nh. kai\ e)/stin au)to/qi *)afrodi/ths i(ero\n *kwlia/dos.
Notes
- See also kappa 2239 and kappa 2240, both with the more authentic
*kw- spelling which spoils the etymology proffered here.
The present entry in fact follows (and abridges) Harpokration s.v.*kwlia/s (generated by the appearance of the name in [Demosthenes] 59.33-34), but it turns two of the relevant three omegas into omicrons.
Linked from2 entries
- κ2239Κωλιάδος κεραμῆεςclays of KoliasKolias [is] a place in Attica, where vessels are moulded. So he is saying: whichever [items] are borne on a wheel (he means the potter's wheel), that is, whichever [clays] are suitable for pottery-making, that of Kolias…
- κ2240ΚωλιάςKolias, ColiasThere is a temple of Aphrodite with this name -- the name deriving from an event. An Athenian youth was captured by Etruscans and kept in chains as their slave, but the daughter of his captor fell in love with him and…
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Revision history2 revisions · last 31 Dec 2008
- expanded note; another keyword — David Whitehead
- set status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — David Whitehead