Ξένετος

Xenetos, Xenetus

Translated by James L. P. Butrica ✝16 Feb 2000Vetting: high3 revisions

3 words

A proper name.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ξένετος· ὄνομα κύριον.

Betacode

*ce/netos: o)/noma ku/rion.

Notes

Excerpted, according to Adler, from epsilon 1002, where an individual of this name appears as (according to some) the father of the philosopher Empedocles. However, she also cited Diodorus Siculus 14.44.6 for a homonym: a leading citizen of Lokroi Epizephyrioi (in S.Italy) whose daughter Doris married Dionysios I, tyrant of Syracuse (delta 1178).

Linked from1 entry

ε1002ἘμπεδοκλῆςEmpedokles, Empedocles[Empedokles], son of Meton, though some [say] Archinomos and others Xenetos; and he had a brother Kallikratides. He studied first with Parmenides, and, according to Porphyry in his Philosophical History, became his…

Neighbouring entries

ξ22ΞέναρχοςXenarchos, Xenarchus ξ23Ξέναςalien, strange ξ24ΞένετοςXenetos, Xenetus ξ25Ξενηλατεῖνto banish foreigners ξ26Ξενίαfriendship-gifts, xenia

Revision history3 revisions · last 27 Aug 2007

27 Aug 2007rearranged note; more keywords; raised status — David Whitehead
5 Apr 2001augmented note; cosmetics — David Whitehead
18 Sep 2000cosmetics; note added — David Whitehead
16 Feb 2000Translated — James L. P. Butrica ✝