Πύραμος

Pyramos, Pyramus

Translated by David Whitehead30 Oct 2001Vetting: high4 revisions

2 notes · 13 words

Name of a place.¹
Also the river of Cilicia, "a stade in width".²

Greek original · Adler’s text

Πύραμος· ὄνομα τόπου. καὶ ὁ ποταμὸς Κιλικίας, οὗ τὸ εὖρος στάδιον.

Betacode

*pu/ramos: o)/noma to/pou. kai\ o( potamo\s *kiliki/as, ou(= to\ eu)=ros sta/dion.

Notes (2)

1Unattested as a toponym, apart from the river-name about to be mentioned. However [NF], nearby Mallos/Magarsos was later called Antiocheia-ad-Pyramum and Mopsuestia similarly called Seleukeia-pros-to Pyramou. Either could be meant. ↩
2Xenophon, Anabasis 1.4.1 (text at web address 1); again at phi 113. (A stade was 600 feet.) ↩

External resources

Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu

Linked from1 entry

φ113ΦάροςPharos, PsarosA river of Cilicia, three plethra [= 300 feet] wide. Also Pyramos, a river one stade [= 600 feet] wide. Also Chalos, a river one plethron [= 100 feet] wide, full of large, tame fish.

Neighbouring entries

π3189Πυραμειδήςpyramidal π3190Πυραμίςpyramid π3191ΠύραμοςPyramos, Pyramus π3192Πυραμοῦςpyramous, honey-cake π3193Πυράνδρου μηχανήματαPyrrandros' devices, Pyrrander's devices

Revision history4 revisions · last 1 Dec 2011

1 Dec 2011Revised — David Whitehead
17 Jul 2003cosmetics — David Whitehead
17 Jul 2003augmented note — Nicholas Fincher
31 Oct 2001added link — Catharine Roth
30 Oct 2001Translated — David Whitehead