Ὕπατε κρειόντων
o highest of lords
Translated by Ioannis Doukas27 Jul 2009Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
[Meaning o] king of kings, mightiest, greatest.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ὕπατε κρειόντων· βασιλεῦ βασιλευόντων, ἐξοχώτατε, μέγιστε.
Betacode
*(/upate kreio/ntwn: basileu= basileuo/ntwn, e)coxw/tate, me/giste.
Notes
- Part of a vocative Homeric formula referring to Zeus; see Iliad 8.31; Odyssey 1.45, 1.81 and 24.473 (web address 1, web address 2, web address 3, web address 4). Same or similar glossing in other lexica (references at Photius upsilon81 Theodoridis), and cf. the scholia to the first of these passages.
cf. generally upsilon 167.
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
- Web address 2 perseus.tufts.edu
- Web address 3 perseus.tufts.edu
- Web address 4 perseus.tufts.edu
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Revision history4 revisions · last 24 Nov 2013
- tweaked note — Catharine Roth
- Revised — David Whitehead
- Revised — David Whitehead
- another keyword; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Ioannis Doukas