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Headword:
*simo/eis
Adler number: sigma,434
Translated headword: Simoeis
Vetting Status: high
Translation: A name of a river.[1] And from it [sc. comes the phrase] 'Simoeisian plain'.[2]
Greek Original:*simo/eis: o)/noma potamou=. kai\ e)c au)tou= *simoei/sion pedi/on.
Notes:
[1] Well-known from
Homer (e.g.
Iliad 5.774 [
alpha 1209] and 777, 12.22) and elsewhere; a river in the environs of
Troy, NW Turkey.
[2]
Homer uses the adjective, but not in this phrase, for which see
Strabo 13.1.34.
Keywords: definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; epic; geography; mythology
Translated by: Nicholas Fincher on 6 August 2003@23:36:22.
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