Μερόπη
Merope
Translated by David Whitehead7 Dec 2000Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Μερόπη· ὄνομα κύριον. καὶ Μεροπίς, ἡ Κῶς νῆσος.
Betacode
*mero/ph: o)/noma ku/rion. kai\ *meropi/s, h( *kw=s nh=sos.
Notes (2)
- 1Merope as a mythological figure, mother of Phaethon (Hyginus, fab. 154), is probably a confusion with Merops, king of the Ethiopians (RE 15.1066 'Merops 2', perhaps to be identified with Merops of Cos), and his wife Clymene, the parents of Phaethon in Euripides' play of that name (cf. Strabo 1.33; Ovid, Metamorphoses 1.750ff., 2.184, Tristia 3.4,30). ↩
- 2For this see already kappa 2302. Note also the imaginary land invented by Theopompus of Chios in his Marvels (FGrH 115 fr.75c = Aelian, Varia Historia 3.18), with its city of peace and its city of war; 'men called Meropes' are said to live there; cf. mu 643. ↩
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Revision history5 revisions · last 31 Oct 2014
- coding — Catharine Roth
- Revised — David Whitehead
- Revised — David Whitehead
- modified and augmented note; added keyword; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Added general note and keyword, extended note 1, raised status — Robert Dyer
- Translated — David Whitehead