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Headword: *(ekatombaiw/n
Adler number: epsilon,366
Translated headword: Hekatombaion, Hecatombaeum
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
An Athenian month. This one took its name from the fact that many hecatombs[1] were sacrificed in this month.
Greek Original:
*(ekatombaiw/n: mh\n *)aqhnai=os. e)klh/qh de\ ou(=tos a)po\ tou= plei/stas e(kato/mbas qu/esqai tw=| mhni\ tou/tw|.
Notes:
Abridged from Harpokration s.v., citing Hyperides fr.237 Jensen.
The first month of the Athenian year, which began in midsummer.
[1] Literally, 'hundred-ox' offerings (though LSJ s.v. notes variation, as early as Homer, in both the number of animals used and what those animals were).
References:
H.W. Parke, Festivals of the Athenians (London 1977) chap.1, esp p.33
W.K. Pritchett, The Greek State at War vol.3 (Berkeley and Los Angeles 1979) 164-5
Keywords: aetiology; chronology; definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; epic; geography; religion; rhetoric; zoology
Translated by: David Whitehead on 30 October 2000@08:04:44.
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William Hutton (Cosmetics, Raised status.) on 30 October 2000@08:26:15.
David Whitehead (added note and keywords) on 17 September 2002@06:47:25.
David Whitehead (tweaks and cosmetics) on 6 July 2011@08:15:15.
David Whitehead on 31 July 2012@08:24:07.
Catharine Roth (tweaked note) on 3 December 2016@12:46:02.
David Whitehead (expanded n. 1; another keyword) on 4 December 2016@03:26:12.
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