Τάφιος

Taphian

Translated by David Whitehead9 Dec 2002Vetting: high3 revisions

5 words

An ethnic designation. The pirate.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Τάφιος· ἐθνικόν. ὁ λῃστής.

Betacode

*ta/fios: e)qniko/n. o( lh|sth/s.

Notes

In Homer, Odyssey 15.427 (plural): web address 1.
Taphos is a small island (or island-group) between Leukas and Ithaca, NW Greece. For pirates there see also Strabo 10.2.20.

External resources

Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu

Neighbouring entries

τ189Ταυτότητοςof sameness τ190Ταφήϊονsepulchral; shroud τ191ΤάφιοςTaphian τ192Τάφοςfuneral τ193ΤαφόσιριςTaphosiris

Revision history3 revisions · last 25 Jul 2011

25 Jul 2011Revised — David Whitehead
27 Sep 2004augmented note — David Whitehead
26 Sep 2004added link, set status — Catharine Roth
9 Dec 2002Translated — David Whitehead