Λύκαιον
Lykaion, Lycaeum
Translated by Nicholas Fincher5 Aug 2003Vetting: high6 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Λύκαιον· ὄνομα τόπου. καὶ Λυκαῖος.
Betacode
*lu/kaion: o)/noma to/pou. kai\ *lukai=os.
Notes (2)
- 1Lykaion was the name of a mountain in the Peloponnese (in southwestern Arkadia, Barrington Atlas map 58 grid B3); Pausanias 8.38.2ff. There was also a city called Lykaia in Arkadia. This appears to be, as identified by Walbank (p. 522), a town by the River Alpheios (alpha 1448), below its conjunction with the River Lousios (also Gortynios, cf. alpha 1448 (end)), but not located in the Barrington Atlas. The highlands town of Lykoa is some 30km east-northeast of the mountain and the rivers' confluence (cf. Barrington Atlas map 58 grid C2). (The name Lykeion is quite different: see lambda 801, lambda 802.) ↩
- 2The ethnikon of the Arkadian city mentioned in the preceding note: see Stephanus of Byzantium s.v. But also and more broadly an adjective/epithet meaning 'Arkadian', used especially of Zeus. See LSJ s.v. ↩
References
F.W. Walbank, A Historical Commentary on Polybius, vol. II, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1967
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Revision history6 revisions · last 19 Apr 2018
- my punctuation errors, some cosmetics — Ronald Allen
- added further geographical notes, bibliography — Ronald Allen
- added another map note — Ronald Allen
- added map note — Ronald Allen
- tweaks — David Whitehead
- augmented notes; added keyword; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Nicholas Fincher