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Headword: Κιλίκων
Adler number: kappa,1609
Translated headword: Kilikon
Vetting Status: low
Translation:
A surname of Achaios the son of Merops, from [his] nurse Kilissa;[1] [the man] who when he was general betrayed his homeland Miletus and its king to the Prienians. Inasmuch as [the] Cilicians had been accused of wickedness and cruelty,[2] for this reason he was called Kilikon. Pherekrates [writes]: "the gods are always acting like Cilicians to us."[3]
He was prosperous, so there was a proverbial saying about him, "Kilikon good things" ("has" is missing).[4]
Greek Original:
Κιλίκων: ἐπώνυμον Ἀχαιοῦ τοῦ Μέροπος, ἀπὸ τροφοῦ Κιλίσσης: ὃς τὴν πατρίδα Μίλητον προδέδωκε τοῖς Πριηνεῦσι καὶ τὸν βασιλέα στρατηγῶν. παρόσον Κίλικες διεβέβληντο ἐπὶ πονηρίᾳ καὶ ὠμότητι, διὰ τοῦτο ἐκλήθη Κιλίκων. Φερεκράτης: ἀεί ποθ' ἡμῖν ἐγκιλικίζουσ' οἱ θεοί. εὔπορος δὲ ἦν, ὥστε καὶ παροιμίαν ἐπ' αὐτῷ εἰρῆσθαι: ἀγαθὰ Κιλίκων. λείπει τὸ ἔχει.
Notes:
See kappa 1610, with another (probably better) spelling of the name.
[1] cf. kappa 1613.
[2] cf. kappa 1607.
[3] Same gloss in Photius, similar in Hesychius; Pherecrates fr.166 Kock.
[4] cf. Zenobius 1.3. See also alpha 108.
Keywords: aetiology; biography; comedy; daily life; economics; ethics; geography; history; military affairs; proverbs; religion; women
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 22 November 2008@19:20:06.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (another x-ref; more keywords; tweaks and cosmetics) on 23 November 2008@04:18:04.


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