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Re: meaning

by Cass

1/31/2006, 10:53 AM

Ῥόδος (Rhodos) appears in the Catalogue of Ships, but it's clearly referring to the island of Rhodes (Iliad 2.654, 655, 667).

"Rheei odmē" smacks of an ancient etymology; these tend to be more ingenious than historically accurate.

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