Σκίρων: Difference between revisions

|Definition=[ῑ], ωνος, ὁ, Attic name for the wind<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[which blew from the Scironian rocks]] in the Isthmus of Corinth, Arist.''Vent.''973b19 (written [[Σκίρρων]]), [[Theophrastus]] ''Vent.''62, Str.1.2.20, 9.1.4, ''CIG''518 (i B.C.); but it is [[a north-west wind]], like [[Ἀργέστης]], in [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Meteorologica|Mete.]]''363b25.<br><span class="bld">II</span> a mythical robber who haunted the rocks between Attica and Megara, killed by Theseus, [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Memorabilia|Mem.]]''2.1.14, Pl.''Tht.''169a, etc.; <b class="b3">Σκίρωνος ἀκτή</b> or [[ἀκταί]] the coast near these rocks, S.''Fr.''24.6, E.''Hipp.''1208; the adjacent sea was Σκιρωνικὸν <b class="b3">οἶδμα θαλάσσης</b>, Simon.114.3; the rocks themselves Σκιρωνίδες [[πέτραι]], E.''Hipp.''979, ''Heracl.''860, Str.1.2.20, 9.1.4; without [[πέτραι]], Plb.16.16.4; written [[Σκιρρωνίδες]] in Arist.''Vent.'' [[l.c.]]; <b class="b3">Σκιρωνὶς ὁδός</b> the road from Athens to Megara, Hdt.8.71. ([[Σκίρων]] is thus written on vases, Kretschmer ''Griech. Vaseninschr.''p.133; <b class="b3">Σκειρ-</b> (codd. Simon., etc.) and <b class="b3">Σκιρρ-</b> are misspellings.)