Κρητῖνος
Kretinos
Translated by David Whitehead25 Oct 2005Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
Also [sc. attested is] krhfagi/a .
Greek original · Adler’s text
Κρητῖνος. καὶ Κρηφαγία.
Betacode
*krhti=nos. kai\ *krhfagi/a.
Notes
- Beyond alphabetical proximity there seems to be no connection between the two parts of this entry.
Forkrhfagi/a , the eating of flesh, cf. kappa 2375.
The primary headword presents more of a puzzle. Though unglossed, it looks like a man's name, but is otherwise unattested in this nominative case. What is attested (in Stephanus of Byzantium and Herodian, citing Phlegon of Tralles [FGrH 257 F30]), is the genitive Kretinou, as that of one of the successive founders of Sinope (sigma 464). Its nominative, guaranteed by ps.-Scymnus and the Periplus Ponti Euxini, is Kretines, however. The Suda's 'Kretinos', accordingly, is either a false nominative generated by that genitive or else another individual, otherwise unmentioned and unknown.
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Revision history4 revisions · last 27 Dec 2015
- expanded note, at the prompting of Dr Nick Nicholas; more keywords — David Whitehead
- Revised — David Whitehead
- another keyword — David Whitehead
- set status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — David Whitehead