A patronymic.
*ai)fhrhtia/dhs: patrwnumiko/n.
Yes and no.
Homer,
Iliad 2.763-4 introduces the horseman Eumelos; as the son of Admetos of
Pherai (
alpha 492) he is there called Pheretiades. He reappears in 23.376 in the phrase
a(i *fhrhtia/dao podw/kees... i(/ppoi, 'the swift-footed mares of Pheretiades', and the present entry attaches that definite article to the beginning of the name.
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