Οἴαγρος

Oiagros, Oeagrus

Translated by Malcolm Heath26 Mar 1999Vetting: high5 revisions

2 words

[no gloss]

Greek original · Adler’s text

Οἴαγρος.

Betacode

*oi)/agros.

Notes

Father of the legendary poet Orpheus (omicron 654), and ancestor of Homer according to the genealogy given in omicron 251. See (e.g.) Apollonius of Rhodes, Argonautica 1.23-5; Diodorus Siculus 3.65.6. In Aelian, Varia Historia 14.21, he is later than Orpheus.

References

RE Oiagros(1).

Linked from1 entry

ο251ὍμηροςHomer[A] [Homer] the poet, [son] of Meles the river in Smyrna and of the nymph Kritheis; others say, of Apollo and the Muse Calliope; the historian Charax says of Maion or Metius and Eumetis, his mother; according to others,…

Neighbouring entries

οι4Οἱto him οι5Οἵαof such a kind, such as οι6ΟἴαγροςOiagros, Oeagrus οι7Οἴακεςhelms, steering-oars, rudders, tillers οι8Οἰακίζειsteers, is steering

Revision history5 revisions · last 31 Oct 2014

31 Oct 2014coding — Catharine Roth
4 Aug 2013another keyword — David Whitehead
7 Oct 2007another keyword; raised status — David Whitehead
13 Sep 2002cosmetics — David Whitehead
23 Jan 2001modified headword; corrected reference; rearranged translation, note, bibliography — David Whitehead
26 Mar 1999Translated — Malcolm Heath