Φινεύς
Phineus
Translated by David Whitehead28 Apr 2003Vetting: high7 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Φινεύς· ὄνομα κύριον. καὶ Φινείδης, ὁ ἀπὸ τοῦ Φινέως.
Betacode
*fineu/s: o)/noma ku/rion. kai\ *finei/dhs, o( a)po\ tou= *fine/ws.
Notes (2)
- 1Phineus was a blind(ed) Thracian seer-king in mythology, encountered by the Argonauts. See OCD(4) s.v. for summaries of the two main versions of the myth; cf. tau 620, and see further, next note. ↩
- 2The nominative singular is attested only here, but for the myth of the Phineidai (dramatized by Sophocles and others) see Diodorus Siculus 4.43.3-44.7. ↩
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