Κύλλαρος
Kyllaros, Cyllarus
Translated by William Hutton28 Mar 2008Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
Kastor's horse. [So named] from the [verb] ke/llein ['to impel'].1 The quick one. Stesichorus says that Hermes gave to the Dioskouroi "Firey and Snatchy, swift children of Flashfoot and [...] Kyllaros."2
Greek original · Adler’s text
Κύλλαρος· ἵππος Κάστορος. παρὰ τὸ κέλλειν. ὁ ταχύς. Στησίχορός φησι τὸν Ἑρμῆν δεδωκέναι τοῖς Διοσκούροις Φλόγεον καὶ Ἅρπαγον, ὠκέα τέκνα Ποδάργας καὶ Κύλλαρον.
Betacode
*ku/llaros: i(/ppos *ka/storos. para\ to\ ke/llein. o( taxu/s. *sthsi/xoro/s fhsi to\n *(ermh=n dedwke/nai toi=s *dioskou/rois *flo/geon kai\ *(/arpagon, w)ke/a te/kna *poda/rgas kai\ *ku/llaron.
Notes (2)
- 1An unlikely etymology. As a common noun
*ku/llaros can refer to a type of crab; see Aristotle, History of Animals 530a12. Similar glossing in Etymologicum Gudianum 353.22, Etymologicum Magnum 544.55. ↩ - 2Stesichorus [sigma 1095] fr.1 Page (from the Funeral Games for Pelias) -- here too savagely abridged: it is Hera who gives the horse of this name. See generally web address 1 below. ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 theoi.com
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Revision history4 revisions · last 2 May 2016
- coded a title — David Whitehead
- Revised — David Whitehead
- added web address — David Whitehead
- augmented notes; another keyword; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — William Hutton