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The Tritopatores or Tritopatreis 125
Triton the god to the Old Irish triatJi, genitive trethan, the 'sea.'
This formidable array of philologists may be supposed to have
fixed with some certainty the derivation of the names in question.
And their assumption, that a word once existing in common speech
may have survived only in a handful of proper names, is fully
justified by analogous examples1. Confusion between the stems
Trito- and Trlto- undoubtedly modified the meaning of the
appellative Tritogeneia, which ceased to be thought of as 'Great-
granddaughter,' the pendant of Tritopdtor, 'Great-grandfather2,' and
was re-interpreted as 'Born beside the Triton,' a river variously
located in Libya3, Crete4, Arkadia5, Boiotia6, and Thessaly7. This
1 E.g. bach or bache, a variant of beck, in the place-names Bacup, Comberbach, Sand-
bach, etc. (J. B. Johnston The Place-Names of England and Wales London 1915 pp. 120,
2I1> 431) and 'he surnames Bache, Batch, Bage, Greatbatch, Huntbach (E. Weekley
Surnames London 1916 p. 53). Similarly Old High German aha, Middle High German
ahe, 'running water' (cp. Lat. aqua), survives as a, aa, ach, ache, etc. in a great variety
°f place-names (W. Sturmfels Elymologisches Lexikon deutscher und fremdlandischer
Ortsnamen Berlin—Bonn 1925 p. 1).
* Supra p. 123.
This is the usual version in lexicographers, scholiasts, mythographers, etc.: e.g.
Phot, lex. s.v. 'SpiToyev-qs = Souid. s.v. TpiT07e>'?js' r) 'ABriva- ...t) oti irapa < Tip (inscrui
A. B. c.) > TpLruvi Tip iroTaptp Ai{3vi}s iytvvr)Bi), ...i) €7rei 7rapa TpiTWL eyiveTO- ...7) 6V1
o-TeXoiVaro ev Tip 'Uptrayi Tip Aij3vT)s iroTaptp. Cp. Hesych. s.v. TpiToyevfjS' eiriBenKios 7)
A&7]vcL-...r} Tip irapd TpLTWvi, rip irorap\ip AiftvTjs, ip.tpavio-&ijvaL, el. mag. p. 767, 40 fif.
^P'Toyiveia, t) 'Adrjva • ...7) o'ri -wapa Tip tplroivi iroTapip ytyovcv, el. Gud. p. 535, 32 f.
^pi-Toytvaa, 7} 'Ad-qvd, dirb tov iroTapiov, birov yevvi)8ei<Ta dircXovcraTo, Orion p. 151, 10 f.
^piToyivtia- t)toi i) wapa Tip Tpiywfi (P. H. Larcher corr. Tpi'raei) irorapup yevv-qdelaa,____
Schol. Aristoph. eg. 1189 evtTpiTwviocv ...7) ws &to TpLTtvvos iroTapov Aifivijs, Trap' ip
ct^X0t; r) 'A0T]va, Eustath. in Dionys. per. 267 071 r) TpiTiavts, evpeia Xlpw-q, p-iai) Aif3ui}s
cXkctcu* 7repi r)v Kai ti irqaioiov IcTopovaiv elvai. dirb TavTijs 6 pv&os ttjv 'YpiToyiveiav
AQ-qvav irapwi'op.dirBai fiovXerai, ojs yzvv7]Quaav irepi avTi)v, id. in II. p. 696, 38 f.
(— Favorin. lex. p. 1775, 30 f.) u>s Si Kai dirb tov Ipiruvos Ai(3vkov irorapov KoXelroi olhw
[sc. TpiToytveia), dXXaxov StjXoDtcu, ib. p. 1265, 7 ff. Tpiroytveia 5e KavravBa i) 'ABr/vd. Kai
°"ta Ti p,tv oOraj KaKuTai, dXXa\bBi 5e5f)\ojTat. oti 6e Kai irapa tov Tpirwca iroTap.bv 7) X^£ts
^7erat, ws £kci yevpr/dtio'ris tt)s 'A6r}vas, p7]Tiov fis tovto vvv {kuvo Kai p.bvov, ujs k.t.X.,
ld. m Od. p. 1473, 11 f. TpiToyiveia de...t) ix Tphuvos AifivKov iroTapiov, schol. A.D. //. 8.
39 °i bi ve&Ttpol <paai tt)v irapa Tip TpiTwvi TroTap.ip yevvydtio-av, 6s etrrt tt}s Ai/3i/t?s. A fine
effort of scholiastic harmonism will be found in schol. x. (cp. schol. B. L. v.) //. 8. 39
Mjjtw tt]v 'SlKeavou apeifiovaav eis iroXXa tt)v p.optpT)v Zei)s /3ou\6p.ei'os Trap' iavrip ?xel,/
ko-t^iriev ZyKvov odoav virb BpoVroi/ tov K vkXojttos ■ TfXar<pop7)BH0'7}S 5c ttjs iraibbs, b Zet)s
01a tt)% KcipaXrjs t€kuv bibujai Tip TplTuvi Tip TTOTapup Tpirpw bdev TptToytveta iKXrjdrj ws £k
Tpiui/ o-vvav^riOftaa, UpbfTov Aibs Tpiroivos'. This is largely based on Apollod. 1. 3. 6—a
passage discussed infra §9 (h) ii (k).
Apollod. I. 3. 6 ws Si & tt)s 7eWo"€Cds ivlaTT) xpbvos, TrXrj^avTO^ avrov (sc. tov Albs) tt)V
Ke0aX?ix ireX^Kei llpop.r/6iwt 7} KaOdirep aXXoi Xlyovo-if 'Hipaio-rov, ix Kopv<pr)s, eirl Torap.ov
Vtwtos, 'Adrifa avv SttXois aviBopt, 3. 12. 3 rpaai yevvriBtuxav tt)v 'ABr\vav irapa Tpirai'i
TP^0etr0ai, ip BvyaTi\p r)v llaXXds, k.t.X. (quoted by Tzetz. in Lyk. Al. 355), Mela 1. 36
Super hunc (sc. Syrtim minorem) ingens palus amnem Tritona recipit, ipsa Tritonis, unde
et Minervae cognomen inditum est, ut incolae arbitrantur, ibi genitae; faciuntque ei
fobulae aliquam fidem, quod quem natalem eius putant ludicris virginum inter se decer-
Triton the god to the Old Irish triatJi, genitive trethan, the 'sea.'
This formidable array of philologists may be supposed to have
fixed with some certainty the derivation of the names in question.
And their assumption, that a word once existing in common speech
may have survived only in a handful of proper names, is fully
justified by analogous examples1. Confusion between the stems
Trito- and Trlto- undoubtedly modified the meaning of the
appellative Tritogeneia, which ceased to be thought of as 'Great-
granddaughter,' the pendant of Tritopdtor, 'Great-grandfather2,' and
was re-interpreted as 'Born beside the Triton,' a river variously
located in Libya3, Crete4, Arkadia5, Boiotia6, and Thessaly7. This
1 E.g. bach or bache, a variant of beck, in the place-names Bacup, Comberbach, Sand-
bach, etc. (J. B. Johnston The Place-Names of England and Wales London 1915 pp. 120,
2I1> 431) and 'he surnames Bache, Batch, Bage, Greatbatch, Huntbach (E. Weekley
Surnames London 1916 p. 53). Similarly Old High German aha, Middle High German
ahe, 'running water' (cp. Lat. aqua), survives as a, aa, ach, ache, etc. in a great variety
°f place-names (W. Sturmfels Elymologisches Lexikon deutscher und fremdlandischer
Ortsnamen Berlin—Bonn 1925 p. 1).
* Supra p. 123.
This is the usual version in lexicographers, scholiasts, mythographers, etc.: e.g.
Phot, lex. s.v. 'SpiToyev-qs = Souid. s.v. TpiT07e>'?js' r) 'ABriva- ...t) oti irapa < Tip (inscrui
A. B. c.) > TpLruvi Tip iroTaptp Ai{3vi}s iytvvr)Bi), ...i) €7rei 7rapa TpiTWL eyiveTO- ...7) 6V1
o-TeXoiVaro ev Tip 'Uptrayi Tip Aij3vT)s iroTaptp. Cp. Hesych. s.v. TpiToyevfjS' eiriBenKios 7)
A&7]vcL-...r} Tip irapd TpLTWvi, rip irorap\ip AiftvTjs, ip.tpavio-&ijvaL, el. mag. p. 767, 40 fif.
^P'Toyiveia, t) 'Adrjva • ...7) o'ri -wapa Tip tplroivi iroTapip ytyovcv, el. Gud. p. 535, 32 f.
^pi-Toytvaa, 7} 'Ad-qvd, dirb tov iroTapiov, birov yevvi)8ei<Ta dircXovcraTo, Orion p. 151, 10 f.
^piToyivtia- t)toi i) wapa Tip Tpiywfi (P. H. Larcher corr. Tpi'raei) irorapup yevv-qdelaa,____
Schol. Aristoph. eg. 1189 evtTpiTwviocv ...7) ws &to TpLTtvvos iroTapov Aifivijs, Trap' ip
ct^X0t; r) 'A0T]va, Eustath. in Dionys. per. 267 071 r) TpiTiavts, evpeia Xlpw-q, p-iai) Aif3ui}s
cXkctcu* 7repi r)v Kai ti irqaioiov IcTopovaiv elvai. dirb TavTijs 6 pv&os ttjv 'YpiToyiveiav
AQ-qvav irapwi'op.dirBai fiovXerai, ojs yzvv7]Quaav irepi avTi)v, id. in II. p. 696, 38 f.
(— Favorin. lex. p. 1775, 30 f.) u>s Si Kai dirb tov Ipiruvos Ai(3vkov irorapov KoXelroi olhw
[sc. TpiToytveia), dXXaxov StjXoDtcu, ib. p. 1265, 7 ff. Tpiroytveia 5e KavravBa i) 'ABr/vd. Kai
°"ta Ti p,tv oOraj KaKuTai, dXXa\bBi 5e5f)\ojTat. oti 6e Kai irapa tov Tpirwca iroTap.bv 7) X^£ts
^7erat, ws £kci yevpr/dtio'ris tt)s 'A6r}vas, p7]Tiov fis tovto vvv {kuvo Kai p.bvov, ujs k.t.X.,
ld. m Od. p. 1473, 11 f. TpiToyiveia de...t) ix Tphuvos AifivKov iroTapiov, schol. A.D. //. 8.
39 °i bi ve&Ttpol <paai tt)v irapa Tip TpiTwvi TroTap.ip yevvydtio-av, 6s etrrt tt}s Ai/3i/t?s. A fine
effort of scholiastic harmonism will be found in schol. x. (cp. schol. B. L. v.) //. 8. 39
Mjjtw tt]v 'SlKeavou apeifiovaav eis iroXXa tt)v p.optpT)v Zei)s /3ou\6p.ei'os Trap' iavrip ?xel,/
ko-t^iriev ZyKvov odoav virb BpoVroi/ tov K vkXojttos ■ TfXar<pop7)BH0'7}S 5c ttjs iraibbs, b Zet)s
01a tt)% KcipaXrjs t€kuv bibujai Tip TplTuvi Tip TTOTapup Tpirpw bdev TptToytveta iKXrjdrj ws £k
Tpiui/ o-vvav^riOftaa, UpbfTov Aibs Tpiroivos'. This is largely based on Apollod. 1. 3. 6—a
passage discussed infra §9 (h) ii (k).
Apollod. I. 3. 6 ws Si & tt)s 7eWo"€Cds ivlaTT) xpbvos, TrXrj^avTO^ avrov (sc. tov Albs) tt)V
Ke0aX?ix ireX^Kei llpop.r/6iwt 7} KaOdirep aXXoi Xlyovo-if 'Hipaio-rov, ix Kopv<pr)s, eirl Torap.ov
Vtwtos, 'Adrifa avv SttXois aviBopt, 3. 12. 3 rpaai yevvriBtuxav tt)v 'ABr\vav irapa Tpirai'i
TP^0etr0ai, ip BvyaTi\p r)v llaXXds, k.t.X. (quoted by Tzetz. in Lyk. Al. 355), Mela 1. 36
Super hunc (sc. Syrtim minorem) ingens palus amnem Tritona recipit, ipsa Tritonis, unde
et Minervae cognomen inditum est, ut incolae arbitrantur, ibi genitae; faciuntque ei
fobulae aliquam fidem, quod quem natalem eius putant ludicris virginum inter se decer-