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Headword:
*gordi/eion
Adler number: gamma,402
Translated headword: Gordieion, Gordium
Vetting Status: high
Translation: A city [of that name].[1]
Also [sc. attested is] Gordienos, a proper name.[2]
Greek Original:*gordi/eion: po/lis. kai\ *gordihno/s, o)/noma ku/rion.
Notes:
[1] In
Phrygia, famous for its Knot (cut by Alexander the Great, see
kappa 31). See generally OCD(4) 622; Barrington Atlas map 62 grid H2; excavation web site at web address 1.
[2] In this precise form, unattested outside lexicography -- but in fact perhaps a variant of Gordianos (the emperor Gordian; see under
gamma 9).
Associated internet address:
Web address 1
Keywords: biography; definition; geography; history
Translated by: David Whitehead on 13 October 2000@09:02:44.
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