Ξένιος
hospitable, Hospitable
Translated by Ross Scaife ✝11 May 1999Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] one who guards hospitality.
Zeus is also called Xenios.1
Zeus is also called Xenios.1
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ξένιος· ὁ τῆς ξενίας ἔφορος. λέγεται καὶ Ξένιος ὁ Ζεύς.
Betacode
*ce/nios: o( th=s ceni/as e)/foros. le/getai kai\ *ce/nios o( *zeu/s.
Notes (1)
- Though Apollo Xenios is attested (on the island of Chios), this is, par excellence, the epithet of Zeus. See in brief Walter Burkert, Greek Religion (Cambridge Mass. 1985) 130 ("Zeus has a special concern for the relations which bind strangers to one another: guests, suppliants, and those bound by oaths - Zeus, Xenios, Hikesios, and Horkios") and 248 ("Zeus guards the laws of hospitality in the domain of house and court, and over strangers and suppliants who have arrived in the protecting domain: Zeus Herkeios, Hikesios, Xenios").
See again xi 57 (and under mu 236, omicron 251). - 1"Protector of the rights of hospitality" (LSJ s.v.). ↩
Linked from2 entries
- μ236ΜαρτύρομαιI call to witness, I protest[Meaning] I summon witnesses. Sophocles [writes]: "I call these people to witness, not you, what sort of words you exchange with your friends -- if I ever catch you." Creon [Author, Myth] says [this] to Oedipus. And…
- ξ57Ξεινήϊονhost's giftAlso Xeineios Zeus ["Zeus of hospitality"].
Neighbouring entries
Revision history4 revisions · last 18 Jun 2013
- another keyword; tweaking — David Whitehead
- augmented notes and keywords; tweaks and cosmetics; raised status — David Whitehead
- Revised — David Whitehead
- added note; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Ross Scaife ✝