Οὔλιος

Oulios

Translated by David Whitehead24 Dec 2003Vetting: high4 revisions

2 notes · 14 words
[sc. an epithet of] Apollo. For he was a doctor.1
It also means deadly.2

Greek original · Adler’s text

Οὔλιος· ὁ Ἀπόλλων. ἰατρὸς γὰρ ἦν. σημαίνει δὲ καὶ ὀλέθριος.

Betacode
*ou)/lios: o( *)apo/llwn. i)atro\s ga\r h)=n. shmai/nei de\ kai\ o)le/qrios.

Notes (2)

  1. For these two interpretations of this epithet of Apollo (and Artemis) -- the second more likely to be correct -- see LSJ s.v. at web address 1.
  2. 1cf. Strabo 14.1.6. ↩
  3. 2cf. the scholia to Homer, Iliad 11.62. ↩

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Revision history4 revisions · last 28 Feb 2021
  1. added a link — Catharine Roth
  2. Revised — David Whitehead
  3. augmented notes and keywords — David Whitehead
  4. set status — Catharine Roth
  5. Translated — David Whitehead

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