Μηθώνη

Methone

Translated by David Whitehead7 Dec 2000Vetting: high2 revisions

4 words

Name of a city.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Μηθώνη· ὄνομα πόλεως.

Betacode

*mhqw/nh: o)/noma po/lews.

Notes

See already mu 434. The present entry merely has the first vowel of the name as eta rather than epsilon (as in e.g. Homer, Iliad 2.716).

Linked from1 entry

μ434ΜεθώνηMethoneThe city [of that name]. [sc. Also] one of the daughters of Halkyon. Demosthenes in [the] Philippics would seem to be speaking of the one in Thrace, during his siege of which Philip lost his right eye. But Demetrius of…

Neighbouring entries

μ894Μὴ ἐμβήῃlest [one of the Olympian gods] were to step in μ895Μὴ ἐπιχειρεῖτεdo not attempt!μ896ΜηθώνηMethone μ897Μήθ' οἷς ἐχθαίρεις ὑπεράχθοιο μήτ' ἐπιλάθουneither be over-angry to those you hate nor forget, for time is a kindly god μ898ΜηθυμναῖοςMethymnaian, Methymnaean

Revision history2 revisions · last 4 Jan 2005

4 Jan 2005modified note; added a keyword — David Whitehead
6 Oct 2003set status — William Hutton
7 Dec 2000Translated — David Whitehead