Πόλυβος

Polybos, Polybus

Translated by David Whitehead27 Oct 2003Vetting: high5 revisions

3 words

Translation

A proper name.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Πόλυβος· ὄνομα κύριον.

Betacode
*po/lubos: o)/noma ku/rion. 

Notes

  1. That of (e.g.) two mythological figures, one of them the Corinthian king who reared the infant Oedipus, omicroniota 34 (OCD4 s.v. Polybus(1) and (2)); also a Hippocratic physician to whom medical writings are dubiously attributed (OCD4 s.v. Polybus(3)).

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Revision history5 revisions · last 2 Oct 2021
  1. another keyword — Catharine Roth
  2. Revised — David Whitehead
  3. Revised — David Whitehead
  4. x-ref — David Whitehead
  5. set status — Catharine Roth
  6. Translated — David Whitehead

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