Μενέλαος

Menelaos, Menelaus

Translated by David Whitehead10 Jun 2004Vetting: high5 revisions

1 note · 14 words
of Aigai,1 epic poet. He wrote a Thebaid in 11 volumes, and other things.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Μενέλαος, Αἰγαῖος, ἐποποιός. ἔγραψε Θηβαΐδα ἐν βιβλίοις ιαʹ, καὶ ἄλλα.

Betacode
*mene/laos, *ai)gai=os, e)popoio/s. e)/graye *qhbai/+da e)n bibli/ois ia#, kai\ a)/lla.

Notes (1)

  1. ?post C1 BCE; FGrH 384.
  2. 1There were several cities of this name (cf. alpha 1128), and which of them might be meant here cannot be determined. Note, however, that Kuster wanted to change the toponym to Anaia, on the basis of Stephanus of Byzantium s.v. (who says that 'Menelaos the Peripatetic philosopher' came from there). ↩

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Revision history5 revisions · last 10 Aug 2020
  1. cosmeticule — Catharine Roth
  2. Revised — David Whitehead
  3. modified geographical note — David Whitehead
  4. augmented notes — David Whitehead
  5. coded title, set status — Catharine Roth
  6. Translated — David Whitehead

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