Κορυνήτης

Korynetes, Korunetes

Translated by David Whitehead3 Nov 2003Vetting: high4 revisions

3 words

A proper name.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Κορυνήτης· ὄνομα κύριον.

Betacode

*korunh/ths: o)/noma ku/rion.

Used as a lower-case epithet ('club-man') in Homer, Iliad 7.9 and 138 (web address 1), but in effect as a name -- or at least a nickname -- by Plutarch (Plut. Theseus 8), of Theseus' opponent Periphetes; see generally H.J. Rose in OCD(4) s.v. Periphetes.