Ῥίον
Rhion, Rhium
Translated by David Whitehead26 Jun 2001Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
The headland [of that name].
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ῥίον· τὸ ἀκρωτήριον.
Betacode
*(ri/on: to\ a)krwth/rion.
Notes
- 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
- Revised — David Whitehead
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- augmented note and keywords — David Whitehead
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- Translated — David Whitehead