ἐπιτέλλω

epitellō
Greek · verb
Edited by: Thomas Peeters
Last edited: 2024-12-02
Meanings
Literal translation
to rise
Categories
astronomical event
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1. to rise heliacally

1.a to rise heliacally astronomical event

Πληιάδων Ἀτλαγενέων ἐπιτελλομενάων ἄρχεσθ' ἀμήτου, ἀρότοιο δὲ δυσομενάων.

‘When the Pleiades - sprung from Atlas - rise, start with the harvesting, and [start] with the ploughing when they set.’

— Hesiod, Works and Days 383-384

Genre: didactic poem Date: ca. 700 BCE

Hesiod. 1914. Hesiod. The Homeric Hymns and Homerica with an English translation by Hugh G. Evelyn-White, ed. H.G. Evelyn-White. Cambridge Massachusetts: Harvard University Press & London: William Heinemann.

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APA (7th)
Peeters, T. (2024). ἐπιτέλλω (Lemma #293). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/293/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Peeters, T. (2024). ἐπιτέλλω (Lemma #293). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/293/
MLA (9th)
Peeters, T. (2024). ἐπιτέλλω (Lemma #293). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/293/
Harvard
Peeters, T. (2024) ἐπιτέλλω (Lemma #293), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/293/ (Accessed: July 4, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac293,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Peeters, Thomas},
	year = {2024},
	title = {ἐπιτέλλω ({Lemma} #293)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/293/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/293/},
}