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Headword: Ἑκάλη
Adler number: epsilon,345
Translated headword: Hekale, Hecale
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
A proper name.[1]
The heroine in Callimachus,[2] she who calls [καλοῦσα ] to herself [ἑαυτὴν ].[3] "For she kept an unlocked house."[4]
Greek Original:
Ἑκάλη: ὄνομα κύριον. ἡ ἡρωὶς ἡ παρὰ Καλλιμάχῳ, ἡ πρὸς ἑαυτὴν καλοῦσα. ἔχε γὰρ τεῖχος ἀκλήϊστον.
Notes:
[1] Besides the mythological figure about to be specified, Hekale was also the name of the tiny Attic deme (in tribe IV Leontis) of which she was eponym.
[2] On Callimachus' hexameter poem Hekale and in general see R.L.Hunter in OCD(3) s.v. Hecale.
[3] In the myth the principal beneficiary of this hospitality is Theseus.
[4] Hekale fr.231, with τέγος for the Suda's τεῖχος .
Keywords: definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; geography; mythology; poetry; women
Translated by: David Whitehead on 14 May 2003@03:59:48.
Vetted by:
Catharine Roth (cosmetics) on 15 May 2003@00:36:56.
Elizabeth Vandiver (Added betacode; cosmetics) on 26 September 2003@16:18:00.
David Whitehead (augmented n.1; cosmetics) on 8 February 2007@07:00:55.
David Whitehead on 29 July 2011@06:11:37.
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