Ὀρχάδες
Orchades, Orkades, Orkneys
Translated by David Whitehead16 Apr 2003Vetting: high10 revisions
Translation
[The names of certain] islands near Ocean.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ὀρχάδες· νῆσοι περὶ τὸν Ὠκεανόν.
Betacode
*)orxa/des: nh=soi peri\ to\n *)wkeano/n.
Notes
- Known to (e.g.) Pliny, Natural History 4.103 (web address 1). The name derives from Celtic orci, piglets.
cf. Eutropius, Breviarium 7.13, where it is asserted that Claudius absorbed the Orchades/Orkades into the Roman Empire. (If this outlandish claim goes back to Claudius himself, it has been suggested that Tacitus, Agricola 10.4 [web address 2] is a riposte to it; cf. also Juvenal, Satires 2.160-1 [web address 3].)
For 'Ocean' cf. omega 43, omega 44.
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
- Web address 2 data.perseus.org
- Web address 3 perseus.tufts.edu
Neighbouring entries
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