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Headword:
*fo/rkun
Adler number: phi,599
Translated headword: Phorkys, Phorcys
Vetting Status: high
Translation: A name.[1]
"Harbour of Phorkys."[2]
Greek Original:*fo/rkun: o)/noma. limh\n tou= *fo/rkunos.
Notes:
[1] Here in the accusative case, quoted from somewhere (perhaps
Homer,
Iliad 17.218 or 318 -- but for the best-known bearer of this name, the mythological father of the Graiai et al., see OCD(4) s.v. Phorcys).
[2] cf.
Homer,
Odyssey 13.96.
Keywords: definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; epic; geography; mythology
Translated by: David Whitehead on 21 March 2006@10:20:55.
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