Τηθύς

Tethys

Translated by Amanda Aponte15 Sep 2009Vetting: high3 revisions

2 notes · 32 words

[Meaning] the earth.¹ [So called] from being a nurse [tiqh/nh] and one who rears. Homer [writes]: "Oceanus, the origin of the gods, and mother Tethys."¹ That is, wet nature and dry nature.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Τηθύς· ἡ γῆ. παρὰ τὸ τιθήνη εἶναι καὶ τροφός. Ὅμηρος· Ὠκεανόν τε θεῶν γένεσιν καὶ μητέρα Τηθύν. τουτέστιν ὑγρὰν οὐσίαν καὶ ξηράν.

Betacode

*thqu/s: h( gh=. para\ to\ tiqh/nh ei)=nai kai\ trofo/s. *(/omhros: *)wkeano/n te qew=n ge/nesin kai\ mhte/ra *thqu/n. toute/stin u(gra\n ou)si/an kai\ chra/n.

Notes (2)

1Contrast tau 474. ↩
2Homer, Iliad 14.201 (web address 1), with material from the scholia there. ↩

External resources

Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu

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τ474ΤηθύςTethys[Meaning] the sea. "Nor, you marvel, will you lift the Nereids on your back, as before, and ferry them to the limits of Tethys".

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τ473Τηθίςauntie τ474ΤηθύςTethys τ475ΤηθύςTethys τ476ΤηιῖταιTeiitai τ477Τηκεδόνιby wasting away, with tuberculosis

Revision history3 revisions · last 12 Jan 2014

12 Jan 2014more keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
16 Sep 2009tweaks — Catharine Roth
16 Sep 2009augmented notes; another keyword; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
15 Sep 2009Translated — Amanda Aponte

Translation

Greek original · Adler’s text

Notes (2)

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