Ὀνίας
Onias
Translated by David Whitehead29 Nov 2002Vetting: high6 revisions
Translation
A proper name.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ὀνίας· ὄνομα κύριον.
Betacode
*)oni/as: o)/noma ku/rion.
Notes
- That of a Jewish high-priest in the C3 BCE; mentioned in I Maccabees 12, Josephus, and elsewhere.
Same entry, according to Adler, in the Ambrosian Lexicon.
References
Graham Shipley, The Greek World after Alexander (London & New York 2000) 266-7
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Revision history6 revisions · last 27 Mar 2015
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