Ζέλεια

Zeleia

Translated by David Whitehead22 Nov 2000Vetting: high4 revisions

1 note · 15 words
Name of a city.1
Also [sc. attested is] 'Zeleite', [meaning someone] from [sc. this] place.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ζέλεια· ὄνομα πόλεως. καὶ Ζελείτης, ἀπὸ τόπου.

Betacode
*ze/leia: o)/noma po/lews. kai\ *zelei/ths, a)po\ to/pou.

Notes (1)

  1. 1In northern Phrygia, west of Kyzikos: Barrington Atlas map 52 grid B4; mentioned from Homer (Iliad 2.824-7) onwards. ↩

References


A. Avram in M.H. Hansen & T.H. Nielsen, An Inventory of Archaic and Classical Poleis (Oxford 2004) 995-6, no.764

Neighbouring entries

ζ26ΖεβεδαῖοςZebedaios, Zebedeeζ27ΖέωI boil, I seethe, I teemζ28ΖέλειαZeleiaζ29ΖέρκωνZerkonζ30Ζέσας θυμῷseething with anger
Revision history4 revisions · last 23 Mar 2016
  1. expanded note, with bibliography — David Whitehead
  2. Revised — David Whitehead
  3. augmented note and keywords — David Whitehead
  4. Revised — Catharine Roth
  5. Translated — David Whitehead

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