Ortygia
Frieze-Dennison Vergil
- Another name for the isle of Delos, Serv. Verg. A. 3, 72; Ov. M. 15, 337; Fest. p. 183 Müll.
- —Hence, Orty-gĭus, a, um, adj., Ortygian: dea, i.e. Diana, Ov. M. 1, 694: boves, of Apollo, bred in Delos, id. F. 5, 692.—
- II An island which forms a part of the city of Syracuse, now Siracusa, Verg. A. 3, 694; Ov. M. 5, 499; id. F. 4, 471.
- 1. oudste stadsdeel v. Syracuse, gelegen op een eiland voor die stad;
- 2. oude naam v.h. eiland Delos; — adj. Ortygius, a, um [dea = Diana];
- 3. heilig woud bij Ephesus.
(Ὀρτυγία), a surname of Artemis, derived from the island of Ortygia, the ancient name for Delos, or an island off Syracuse (Ov. Met. 1.694). The goddess bore this name in various places, but always with reference to the island in which she was born. (Strab. x. p.486.) [L.S]
ORTY´GIA [DELOS]
ORTY´GIA [SYRACUSE.]
(Ὀρτυγία). (1) The ancient name of Delos. Since Artemis and Apollo were born at Delos, the poets sometimes call the goddess Ortygia, and give the name of Ortygiae boves to the oxen of Apollo. The ancients connected the name with ὄρτυξ, a quail.
(2) An island near Syracuse. (See Syracusae.)
(3) A grove near Ephesus, in which the Ephesians pretended that Apollo and Artemis were born. Hence the Caÿster, which flowed near Ephesus, is called Ortygius Caÿster. See Ephesus.
- Paus. 5.7.2, 3, Paus. 8.54.3