Ῥίον

Rhion, Rhium

Translated by David Whitehead26 Jun 2001Vetting: high4 revisions

5 words

Translation

The headland [of that name].

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ῥίον· τὸ ἀκρωτήριον.

Betacode
*(ri/on: to\ a)krwth/rion. 

Notes

  1. At the mouth, southern side, of the Corinthian Gulf in central Greece. (Antirrhion -- "Opposite-Rhion" -- stands on the corresponding northern side; Strabo 8.2.3 (cf. 9.1.1) records the distance between them as 'only about five stades'; and since 2004 they have been joined by the Charilaos Trikoupis, a.k.a. Rio-Antirio, Bridge.)
    From the scholia to Homer, Iliad 14.225, where -- as often elsewhere -- the lower-case version of the headword appears; see generally LSJ s.v. (and rho 157).

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Revision history4 revisions · last 24 Aug 2011
  1. Revised — David Whitehead
  2. augmented notes — David Whitehead
  3. augmented note and keywords — David Whitehead
  4. upped status — Ross Scaife ✝
  5. Translated — David Whitehead

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