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The ancient Greek word aithōn (αἴθων) means "burning", "blazing" or "shining." Less strictly, it can denote the colour red-brown, or "tawny."[1] It is an epithet sometimes applied to animals such as horses at Hom. Il. 2.839; oxen at Od.18.372; and an eagle at Il. 15.690 (cf. Hyginus' calling Aëtos, the eagle that tormented Prometheus, an aethonem aquilam at Fabulae 31.5.).[2] In English, aithōn may be written Aethon, Aithon or Ethon.[3] In Greek and Roman mythology there are a number of characters known as Aethon. Most are horses, variously belonging to:
The name is twice applied to humans. In Odyssey 19.183, it is the pseudonym a disguised Odysseus assumes during his interview with Penelope upon his return to Ithaca. According to fr. 43a.5 of Hesiod's Catalogue of Women, Erysichthon of Thessaly was also known as Aethon due to the "burning" hunger (aithōn limos) he was made to endure by Demeter.[8]
See also
[edit]- Chrysoritis aethon, a species of butterfly
Notes
[edit]- ↑ Liddell, Henry George; Scott, Robert (1940). "A Greek-English Lexicon". Perseus Digital Library. Clarendon Press. Retrieved 5 July 2013.
- ↑ "Hygini genealogiis, volgo fabulae". Bibliotheca Augustana (in Latin). Retrieved 5 July 2013.
- ↑ Harris, John; Todd, mark (2005). My Monster Notebook. Getty Publications. ISBN 978-1-60606-050-6. Retrieved 12 December 2014.
- ↑ Ovid, Metamorphoses 2.153
- ↑ Quintus Smyrnaeus, 8.239
- ↑ Homer, Iliad 8.184
- ↑ Virgil, Aeneid 11.89
- ↑ cf. Callimachus, Hymn to Demeter 6.65 ff.
References
[edit]- Callimachus, Hymns translated by Alexander William Mair (1875–1928). London: William Heinemann; New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons. 1921. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
- Callimachus, Works. A.W. Mair. London: William Heinemann; New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons. 1921. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Homer, The Iliad with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, Ph.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1924. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Homer, Homeri Opera in five volumes. Oxford, Oxford University Press. 1920. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Ovid, Metamorphoses translated by Brookes More (1859–1942). Boston, Cornhill Publishing Co. 1922. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Ovid, Metamorphoses. Hugo Magnus. Gotha (Germany). Friedr. Andr. Perthes. 1892. Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Virgil, Aeneid. Theodore C. Williams. trans. Boston. Houghton Mifflin Co. 1910. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Virgil, Bucolics, Aeneid, and Georgics. J. B. Greenough. Boston. Ginn & Co. 1900. Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Quintus Smyrnaeus, The Fall of Troy translated by Way. A. S. Loeb Classical Library Volume 19. London: William Heinemann, 1913. Online version at theio.com
- Quintus Smyrnaeus, The Fall of Troy. Arthur S. Way. London: William Heinemann; New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons. 1913. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
