Πελίας
Pelias
Translated by David Whitehead29 Feb 2004Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
A proper name. And Peliades ['daughters of Pelias'], proper names.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Πελίας· ὄνομα κύριον. καὶ Πελιάδες, ὀνόματα κύρια.
Betacode
*peli/as: o)/noma ku/rion. kai\ *pelia/des, o)no/mata ku/ria.
Notes
- Pelias was the wicked king of Iolkos in Greek mythology, who sent Jason after the Golden Fleece; see generally R.L. Hunter in OCD4 s.v. and Perseus Encyclopedia at web address 1. For his daughters (who gave their collective name to a lost tragedy by Euripides and a lost comedy by Diphilus) see e.g. Diodorus Siculus 6.7.4, referring back to 4.50ff.
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
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Revision history5 revisions · last 29 Jan 2016
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- Translated — David Whitehead