Πιτθείδης

Pittheides

Translated by David Whitehead10 Mar 2006Vetting: high4 revisions

2 notes · 9 words

A patronymic.¹ Also [sc. attested is] *pitqh=os ["of Pittheus"].²

Greek original · Adler’s text

Πιτθείδης· πατρωνυμικόν. καὶ Πιτθῆος.

Betacode

*pitqei/dhs: patrwnumiko/n. kai\ *pitqh=os.

1i.e. son of Pittheus. Attested only here. (King Pittheus of Troizen was known for his daughter Aithra -- see next note -- rather than any sons.) ↩
2Used of Aithra, mother of Theseus, in a much-quoted line of Homer (Iliad 3.144). ↩

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