Μέταβος

Metabos, Metabus

Translated by David Whitehead21 Oct 2002Vetting: high4 revisions

3 words

A proper name.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Μέταβος· ὄνομα κύριον.

Betacode

*me/tabos: o)/noma ku/rion.

That of a son of Sisyphus (sigma 490) and eponymous founder of the city of Metapontion/Metapontum (mu 725) in the instep of Italy. See e.g. Strabo 6.1.15, Stephanus of Byzantium s.v. Kaulonia and (esp.) Metapontion.
Same entry, according to Adler, in the Ambrosian Lexicon.

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