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Headword:
*glau=kos
Adler number: gamma,280
Translated headword: grey, Glaukos, Glaucus
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Meaning] white, blue.[1]
But Glaukos [is also] a proper name, [that of] a Karystian.[2]
A boxer, he was crowned twenty-five times at the Olympics, three times at the Pythians, and ten times at the Isthmians; his entire physique was excellent.[3]
Greek Original:*glauko/s: leuko\s, kua/neos. *glau=kos de\ o)/noma ku/rion, ge/nos *karu/stios. pu/kths, e# kai\ k# *)olumpia/di stefanwqei\s kai\ *pu/qia tri\s, *)/isqmia deka/kis, gennai=os o(/lw| tw=| sw/mati.
Notes:
[1] For a better attempt to characterize the color glaukos see LSJ s.v. (web address 1).
[2] The source now becomes Harpokration (and
Photius) s.v.
[3] On Glaukos of
Karystos (in Euboia) see further
gamma 281. For a selection of other notable individuals of this name see OCD(4) 618-19.
Web address 1
Keywords: athletics; biography; definition; geography; religion
Translated by: David Whitehead on 13 October 2000@08:44:31.
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