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Headword: *(ro/dos
Adler number: rho,205
Translated headword: Rhodes
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
The island; [the one] which is also called Lindos. And the inhabitants [sc. are also known as] Colossaeans, because of the Colossus.[1]
Greek Original:
*(ro/dos: h( nh=sos: h(/tis kai\ *li/ndos kalei=tai. kai\ *kolossaei=s oi( oi)kh/tores, dia\ to\n *kolosso/n.
Notes:
For Rhodes see already under rho 196, and generally OCD(4) s.v.; for Lindos (as Rhodes) see under lambda 562; and for the Colossus, kappa 1932.
[1] This assertion is also made by Eustathius; nevertheless, 'Kolossaeis' is more commonly found as the ethnikon of Phrygian Kolossai, to which St Paul sent one of his Epistles.
Keywords: aetiology; architecture; art history; Christianity; definition; geography; religion; science and technology
Translated by: David Whitehead on 17 June 2004@09:32:29.
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Catharine Roth (set status) on 17 July 2004@13:07:30.
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