Citations:Ῥήνη

Ancient Greek citations of Ῥήνη (Rhḗnē)

• Euphorion Chalcidensis ^[1]
• 498 CE – 518 CE, Zosimus, Historia Nova 5.27.250.3–9:

  Ἐν δὲ τῇ Ῥαβέννῃ (μητρόπολις δὲ Φλαμινίας, πόλις ἀρχαία, Θεσσαλῶν ἀποικία, Ῥήνη κληθεῖσα διὰ τὸ πανταχόθεν ὕδασι περιρρεῖσθαι, καὶ οὐχ ὡς Ὀλυμπιόδωρος ὁ Θηβαῖός φησι, διὰ τὸ Ῥῶμον, ὃς ἀδελφὸς γέγονε Ῥωμύλῳ, τῆς πόλεως ταύτης οἰκιστὴν γεγονέναι· Κουαδράτῳ γάρ, οἶμαι, θετέον, ἐν τῇ κατὰ τὸν βασιλέα Μάρκον ἱστορίᾳ τοῦτο περὶ τῆς πόλεως ταύτης διεξελθόντι) […]

  En dè têi Rhabénnēi (mētrópolis dè Phlaminías, pólis arkhaía, Thessalôn apoikía, Rhḗnē klētheîsa dià tò pantakhóthen húdasi perirrheîsthai, kaì oukh hōs Olumpiódōros ho Thēbaîós phēsi, dià tò Rhômon, hòs adelphòs gégone Rhōmúlōi, tês póleōs taútēs oikistḕn gegonénai; Kouadrátōi gár, oîmai, thetéon, en têi katà tòn basiléa Márkon historíāi toûto perì tês póleōs taútēs diexelthónti) […]

  • 1814 translation by an anonymous translator^[2]

    He arrived at Ravenna, an ancient city, which is the metropolis of the province of Flaminia, and a Thessalian colony. It is called Rhene, because it is surrounded by water (as the word Rhene imports), and not so named, as Olympiodorus of Thebes relates, from Remus, the brother of Romulus, who founded it; for he must yield in this to Quadratus, who has mentioned this very circumstance in his history of the emperor Marcus.