Κυνίδαι

Kynidai, Kynnidai, Kynids

Translated by David Whitehead3 Dec 2000Vetting: high4 revisions

8 words

A certain clan among Athenians [was] so called.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Κυνίδαι· γένος τι παρ' Ἀθηναίοις οὕτω καλούμενον.

Betacode

*kuni/dai: ge/nos ti par' *)aqhnai/ois ou(/tw kalou/menon.

Notes

Abridged from Harpokration s.v., commenting on Lycurgus fr. 53 Conomis (and transmitting what would seem to be the authentic spelling, Kynnidai).

References

R. Parker, Athenian Religion (Oxford 1996) 304

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Revision history4 revisions · last 21 Mar 2013

21 Mar 2013Revised — David Whitehead
11 Jul 2011cosmetics — David Whitehead
27 Oct 2003augmented note and keywords — David Whitehead
26 Oct 2003cosmetics, keyword, status — Catharine Roth
3 Dec 2000Translated — David Whitehead