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Headword: Ζηρυνθία
Adler number: zeta,86
Translated headword: Zerynthia
Vetting Status: low
Translation:
Aphrodite.
Also Zerynthion.
Also Zerinthian cave, where they used to sacrifice dogs.
There the mysteries of the Korybantes and of Hekate took place. Look under the entry "But if someone ..."[1]
Greek Original:
Ζηρυνθία: ἡ Ἀφροδίτη. καὶ Ζηρύνθιον. καὶ Ζήρινθον ἄντρον, ἐν ᾧ τοὺς κύνας ἔθυον. ἔνθα ἦν τὰ τῶν Κορυβάντων καὶ τῆς Ἑκάτης μυστήρια. ζήτει ἐν τῷ ἀλλ' εἴ τις.
Notes:
Stephanus of Byzantium s.v. Zerynthos: "a city and a cave of Hekate in Thrace. Lycophron [says: Alexandra line 77] "Zerynthian cave of the dog-sacrificing [goddess]"."
[1] Alpha 1164.
Keywords: geography; mythology; religion; zoology
Translated by: Ross Scaife on 23 May 2002@08:05:03.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (added note and keywords; cosmetics) on 23 May 2002@09:40:38.
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