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Headword: *)arguri/pph
Adler number: alpha,3791
Translated headword: Argyrippe
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
A city, which Diomedes [Author, Myth] founded. Also search under Benebendos.[1]
Greek Original:
*)arguri/pph: po/lis, h(\n kti/zei *diomh/dhs. kai\ zh/tei e)n tw=| *benebendo/s.
Notes:
[1] beta 237, the entry for Benebentos (sic), i.e. Beneventum - but not the well-known city of that name in Samnium. Argyrippa/Beneventum - modern Arpi - was also in Italy but further south, in Apulia. See Strabo 6.3.9; Stephanus of Byzantium s.v.
Spelling with a single p is more common.
Chief city of the Daunians and also known as Argos [Myth, Place] Hippium.
Keywords: definition; geography; mythology
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 10 July 2001@12:38:16.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (modified and augmented note; cosmetics) on 11 July 2001@05:10:38.
Nicholas Fincher (Added headwords and notes.) on 14 July 2003@13:44:46.
David Whitehead on 2 August 2011@08:45:22.
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