Rhodope

Rhŏdŏpē, ēs, f., = Ῥοδόπη.

• A mountain range in Thrace, a part of the Haemus, now Despoto Dagh, Mel. 2, 2, 2; Verg. G. 3, 351; Ov. M. 2, 222; 10, 77.— Acc. to the myth, originally a man, Ov. M. 6, 87 sq.—
• II Meton., Thrace, Verg. E. 6, 30; Stat. Th. 12, 181.—Hence,
• • A Rhŏdŏ-pēĭus, a, um, adj., Rhodopean, for Thracian: arces, Verg. G. 4, 461: regna, i. e. Thrace, Ov. Ib. 347: vates, i. e. Orpheus, id. M. 10, 11; also called heros, id. ib. 10, 50: spicula, Sil. 12, 400: saxa, Claud. III. Cons. Hon. 113: flumina, id. IV. Cons. Hon. 526: conjux, i. e. Progne, wife of the Thracian king Tereus, Stat. Th. 5, 121.—
  • B Rhŏdŏ-pēus, a, um, adj., Thracian: saxa, Luc. 6, 618.

Rhodopē, es, f. (Ῥοδόπη), ein hohes Gebirge in Thrazien, Teil des Hämus, j. Despoto od. Despoti Dag, Ov. met. 2, 222 u. 10, 77. Verg. georg. 3, 351. Mela 2, 2, 2 (2. § 17). – meton. = Thrazien, Verg. ecl. 6, 30. Stat. Theb. 12, 181. – Nbf. Rhodopa, Eutr. 6, 2, 1. Ruf. Fest. brev. 9, 2 u. 4. Amm. 22, 8, 4. – Dav.: A) Rhodopēius, a, um, rhodopëisch, poet. für thrazisch, vates, heros, v. Orpheus, Ov.: regna, Thrazien, Ov.: arces, Verg. – B) Rhodopēus, a, um, rhodopëisch, saxa, Lucan. 6, 618.

1 Rhŏdŏpē, (12) ēs, f. (Ῥοδόπη), le Rhodope [montagne de Thrace] : Virg. G. 3, 351 || -pēĭus, a, um, du Rhodope : Virg. G. 4, 461 ; Rhodopeius vates Ov. M. 10, 11, Orphée ; Rhodopeia conjux Stat. Th. 5, 121, Progné || -pēus, a, um Luc. 6, 618.

2 Rhŏdŏpē, ēs, f. (Ῥοδόπη), nymphe de lʼOcéan, fille de la mer : Hyg. || nom de femme : Juv. 9, 4.

rhodope, es. f.
山名。婦名。

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RHODOPE

RHO´DOPE(Ῥοδόπη, Hdt. 6.49; Thuc. 2.96; Plb. 34.19; Strab. 4. p. 208, vii. pp. 313, 329, 331; Mela, 2.2.2; Plin. Nat. 3.29, 4.5. s. 17; Ammian. 21.10.3; Malchus, ap. Exc. de Leg. Rom. p. 90), a mountain chain forming the W. continuation of Haemus, and the frontier between Thrace and Macedonia, of which little more is known than the name. On its desolate heights, the lurking places of the fierce Satrae, was the great sanctuary and oracle of the Thracian Dionysus. As the Strymon took its sources in Rhodope (Strab. 8. p. 331) the high ridges round Dúpnitzaand Ghiustendílmust be assigned to Rhodope, which may roughly be said to belong to the central of the three continuous chains, which under the name of the Despoto Daghbranches out to the S. of the Balkan(Haemus) at about 23° E. long.

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Rhodŏpé

(Ῥοδόπη). One of the highest mountain ranges in Thrace. It extends from Mount Scomius, east of the river Nestus and the boundaries of Macedonia, towards the coast, in a southeasterly direction. The river was sacred to Dionysus (Hor. Carm. iii. 25, 12).

Rhodope Rhodope, a mountain range in Thrace

• source of a tributary of the Danube: Hdt. 4.49
• flight thither of a Bisaltian king: Hdt. 8.116