Τιταιρώνιον

Titaironion, Titaeronium

Translated by David Whitehead26 Mar 2010Vetting: high6 revisions

6 words

[Meaning a] headland [of that name].

Greek original · Adler’s text

Τιταιρώνιον· ἀκρωτήριον.

Betacode

*titairw/nion: a)krwth/rion.

Same entry in ps.-Zonaras and (according to Adler) the Ambrosian Lexicon.
This toponym is mentioned in Lycophron, Alexandra 881, as Titaironeion. The scholia there explain that the name comes from Mopsos of Titairon/Titaresion (cf. tau 681, tau 682), the Argonaut and seer; cf. Hesiod, Shield 181.

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