Κύρνος

Kyrnos, Cyrnus

Translated by David Whitehead14 Jun 2001Vetting: high4 revisions

3 words

Translation

A proper name.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Κύρνος· ὄνομα κύριον.

Betacode
*ku/rnos: o)/noma ku/rion. 

Notes

  1. Best known as that of the young man, real or imaginary, to whom several of the poems of Theognis of Megara (C6 BCE) are addressed; see generally theta 136, and OCD(4) 1459. But also, in another context, the ancient name for the island of Corsica (Herodotus 1.165-8, etc.).

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Revision history4 revisions · last 4 Aug 2014
  1. Revised — David Whitehead
  2. cosmetics — David Whitehead
  3. more keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
  4. added cross-reference — Catharine Roth
  5. Translated — David Whitehead

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