Πασιφάη

Pasiphae

Translated by David Whitehead13 Dec 2000Vetting: high6 revisions

4 words
Name of a goddess.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Πασιφάη· ὄνομα θεᾶς.

Betacode
*pasifa/h: o)/noma qea=s.

Notes

  1. More exactly, the wife of the legendary King Minos of Crete and the mother (after Poseidon had brought about her infatuation with a bull) of the Minotaur.

References


OCD4, s.v. Minos

Neighbouring entries

π756ΠασῖνοςPasinos, Pasinusπ757ΠασίωνοςPasion'sπ758ΠασιφάηPasiphaeπ759Πασπάληpaspaleπ760ΠάσσωI sprinkle, besprinkle
Revision history6 revisions · last 10 Aug 2014
  1. Revised — David Whitehead
  2. Revised — David Whitehead
  3. Revised — David Whitehead
  4. removed link — Catharine Roth
  5. another keyword — David Whitehead
  6. added link, set status — Catharine Roth
  7. Translated — David Whitehead

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