e-ru-ta-ra

Knossos, Pylos
cf. e-ru, e-ru-to-ro

Definitions

Chadwick & Ventris 1973:
1. anthroponym, cf. Ἐρύθρας
2. red, cf. ἐρυθρός (Iliad XIX, 38+)

Homeric Greek

Iliad IX.365: χかいαあるふぁλらむだκかっぱνにゅー ἐρυθρὸνにゅー 'ruddy bronze'

Variants

e-ru-ta-ra-pi

Chadwick & Ventris 1973: instrumental plural "with red (patterns, spots?)"

References

Chadwick, John and Michael Ventris, 1973 Documents in Mycenaean Greek

Homer, 2003 Iliad (trans. A.T. Murray, ed. William F. Wyatt)

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