Κυθνώδης συμφορά

Kythnodian calamity, Cythnodian calamity

Translated by David Whitehead20 Apr 2003Vetting: high3 revisions

1 note · 19 words

Translation

This is the name for a great calamity. For the people of Kythnos1 were so badly treated by Amphitryon.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Κυθνώδης συμφορά· οὕτω λέγεται ἡ μεγάλη συμφορά. οὕτω γὰρ οἱ Κύθνιοι κακῶς διετέθησαν ὑπὸ Ἀμφιτρύωνος.

Betacode
*kuqnw/dhs sumfora/: ou(/tw le/getai h( mega/lh sumfora/. ou(/tw ga\r oi( *ku/qnioi kakw=s diete/qhsan u(po\ *)amfitru/wnos. 

Notes (1)

  1. cf. Zenobius 4.83, etc. The adjective should be *kuqnw/lhs, as in Hesychius kappa4447. (The etymology is from o)/llumi.) For the episode see Aristotle fr.523 Rose.
  2. 1See kappa 2633. ↩

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Revision history3 revisions · last 20 Mar 2013
  1. Revised — David Whitehead
  2. augmented note and keywords — David Whitehead
  3. Added alternative spelling of headword; cosmetics; set status — Elizabeth Vandiver
  4. Translated — David Whitehead

Cite this entry

“Kythnodian calamity, Cythnodian calamity.” Suda On Line. Tr. David Whitehead. 20 April 2003. <https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/kappa/2634>. Read at ReadSuda: <https://readsuda.org/kappa/2634>.

Translation by David Whitehead for Suda On Line, revised by David Whitehead, Elizabeth Vandiver, licensed CC BY-NC-SA 1.0. Shown unchanged, under the same licence, non-commercially. Licence & terms

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