Μιμαλλόνας
Mimallones
Translated by Catharine Roth28 Aug 2006Vetting: high2 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] the bacchants of Dionysus; [so called] from imitation [mi/mhsis ], earlier called Klodones.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Μιμαλλόνας· τὰς Βάκχας τοῦ Διονύσου· ἀπὸ τῆς μιμήσεως, πρότερον Κλώδονας καλουμένας.
Betacode
*mimallo/nas: ta\s *ba/kxas tou= *dionu/sou: a)po\ th=s mimh/sews, pro/teron *klw/donas kaloume/nas.
Notes
- Accusative plural, quoted from somewhere; perhaps Polyaenus 4.1.1, though he is not an author otherwise in evidence in the Suda. Compare in any event Hesychius mu1367 (and kappa3062) and Etymologicum Magnum 587.53, 588.42; and cf. eta 336 and kappa 1829.
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Revision history2 revisions · last 23 May 2013
- Revised — David Whitehead
- augmented note and keywords — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth