Πύγελα

Pygela

Translated by David Whitehead18 Dec 2000Vetting: high4 revisions

2 notes · 32 words
Pygela is a city in Ionia.1 [It is said] to have taken its name2 because some of those with Agamemnon remained there after they had had a disease of the buttocks [pugai/].

Greek original · Adler’s text

Πύγελα· πόλις ἐν τῇ Ἰωνίᾳ τὰ Πύγελα. λαβεῖν δὲ τὸ ὄνομα, ἐπειδὴ τῶν μετὰ Ἀγαμέμνονά τινες νοσήσαντες τὰς πυγὰς ἐνταῦθα κατέμειναν.

Betacode
*pu/gela: po/lis e)n th=| *)iwni/a| ta\ *pu/gela. labei=n de\ to\ o)/noma, e)peidh\ tw=n meta\ *)agame/mnona/ tines nosh/santes ta\s puga\s e)ntau=qa kate/meinan.

Notes (2)

  1. cf. already pi 3107. The present entry derives from Harpokration s.v., glossing Lysias fr. 59 Sauppe (now 66 Carey OCT).
  2. 1On the coast near Ephesus; see generally Strabo 14.1.20. Barrington Atlas map 61 grid E2. ↩
  3. 2In Harpok., Theopompus FGrH 115 F59 is cited for this aetiology. ↩

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Neighbouring entries

π3107ΠύγελλαPhygela, Phygella, Puygela, Pygellaπ3108Πυγαῖαbases, buttocksπ3109ΠύγελαPygelaπ3110Πυγήbuttπ3111Πυγιδίωνbuttocklets
Revision history4 revisions · last 15 Jul 2011
  1. augmented notes and keywords; tweaks — David Whitehead
  2. x-ref — David Whitehead
  3. augmented notes and keywords — David Whitehead
  4. cosmetics, status — Catharine Roth
  5. Translated — David Whitehead

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