Ῥήναια

Rhenaia, Rhenaea, Rheneia, Rhenia

Translated by David Whitehead18 Dec 2000Vetting: high5 revisions

1 note · 8 words

An island near Delos.
Also [sc. spelled] Rhenia.¹

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ῥήναια· νῆσος πλησίον Δήλου. καὶ Ῥηνία.

Betacode

*(rh/naia: nh=sos plhsi/on *dh/lou. kai\ *(rhni/a.

Notes (1)

Abridged from Harpokration s.v., commenting on the appearance of this place-name in Hyperides' Delian Speech (fr.70 Jensen).
Barrington Atlas map 57 grid D4.
1This addition is lacking, Adler reports, in mss AF. ↩

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Revision history5 revisions · last 25 May 2016

25 May 2016Revised — David Whitehead
28 Oct 2013Revised — David Whitehead
13 Jul 2011another note; cosmetics — David Whitehead
8 Apr 2004augmented headword and keywords; added notes; cosmetics — David Whitehead
7 Apr 2004set status — Catharine Roth
18 Dec 2000Translated — David Whitehead