Ῥειτός
Raitos, Rhaetus
Translated by David Whitehead25 Aug 2010Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
Name of a place and of a people.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ῥειτός· ὄνομα τόπου καὶ ἔθνους.
Betacode
*(reito/s: o)/noma to/pou kai\ e)/qnous.
Notes
- This probably refers to Raetia and the Raeti of the Swiss Alps, these names giving rise to the eventual Roman province of Raetia to the NE (see generally OCD(4) s.v., though Thucydides 2.19.2 and Pausanias 1.38.2 mention a Rheitoi ("Streams") in western Attica. Note also the obscure entry in Stephanus of Byzantium: "R(h)aitoi, an Etruscan people".
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- set status — Catharine Roth
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