From syrona@ath.forthnet.gr Sat May 1 06:12:42 1999 Received: from mxu2.u.washington.edu (mxu2.u.washington.edu [140.142.32.9]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.9.3+UW99.02/8.9.3+UW99.01) with ESMTP id GAA43334 for ; Sat, 1 May 1999 06:12:42 -0700 Received: from forthnet.gr (talos.forthnet.gr [193.92.150.21]) by mxu2.u.washington.edu (8.9.3+UW99.02/8.9.3+UW99.01) with ESMTP id GAA30483 for ; Sat, 1 May 1999 06:12:41 -0700 Received: from ath.forthnet.gr (ppp52.ath.forthnet.gr [194.219.223.67]) by forthnet.gr (8.8.8/8.8.5) with ESMTP id QAA18689 for ; Sat, 1 May 1999 16:12:36 +0300 Message-ID: <372AFC69.B3CC9F37@ath.forthnet.gr> Date: Sat, 01 May 1999 16:06:50 +0300 From: Thanos Syros X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.51 [en] (Win98; I) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: classics@u.washington.edu Subject: Re: [Fwd: Winged Feet] References: <372A7F2D.ED5D0125@mailhost.chi.ameritech.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-7 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit ποδάρκης (επίθετο δικατάληκτο) γοργοπόδαρος που περνά γρήγορα (για χρόνο) "Jeffrey B. Gibson" wrote: > I wonder if List Members might be able to answer the question below which appeared on > the B-Greek List. > > > This is slightly off topic. > > > > I was looking for an epithet like PODARKHS (Iliad A:121) but with the > > meaning winged feet. I found almost what I was looking for in Ovid > > Metamorph. 2:229 and Aristophanes Thes.1100 ( PODA hUPOPTERON) but I > > could not find this phrase used as an epithet. Perhaps there is no such > > usage. I was under the impression that this was used as an epithet of > > Hermes, Mercury perhaps others. > > > > And while we are already off topic, what about the symbol of the foot > > with wings. Anyone know anything about the history of this symbol? > > > > Thanks for any help in this. Reply to me off list, if you think that's best. > > Jeffrey Gibson > -- > Jeffrey B. Gibson > 7423 N. Sheridan Road #2A > Chicago, Illinois 60626 > e-mail jgibson000@ameritech.net -- Syros Thanos. WEB Page http://users.forthnet.gr/ath/syrona (Ancient Greek Dictionary. The English, German, French and Italian words having their roots in the Ancient Greek Language) 16 Aradou str. Athens 15771, Greece , Tel & Fax +30 01 7754510. Physicist & Programmer. .