- mythology,
Delphus (/ˈdɛlfəs/;
Ancient Gr****: Δέλφος, Delphos) was the
person from whom the town of
Delphi was
believed to have
derived its name.
Delphus was...
-
Delphus E.
Carpenter (1877–1951) was the
Commissioner of
Interstate Streams for the
State of
Colorado at a time when
Western States'
water rights were...
- New Pauly, s.v. Terpsic****; Suda λ 568. Pausanias, 10.6.3. Grimal, s.v.
Delphus, p. 131; Pausanias, 10.6.4. Pausanias, 10.6.4. Brill's New Jacoby, s.v...
- to make them his priests.
While Delphi is
actually related to the word
delphus ("womb"), many
etiological myths are
similarly based on folk etymology...
- John
Delphus McDuffie Jr. (December 5, 1938 –
August 11, 1991) was an
American racing driver. He
competed in the
NASCAR Winston Cup
Series from 1963 to...
- was
seduced by
Poseidon the
shape of a
dolphin and by him, bore a son
Delphus. In one account,
Melantheia instead married King
Hyamus of Hyampolis, son...
- the city of
Daulis and
Melaeno mother of
Delphus by Apollo,
though he also
gives two
other accounts of
Delphus' mother. However, one of
these alternate...
-
Uterus didelphys (from
Ancient Gr**** di- 'two' and
delphus 'womb';
sometimes also
uterus didelphis)
represents a
uterine malformation where the uterus...
- Pausanias, 2.30.5. Apollodorus, 2.1.4. Pausanias, 1.44.3. Smith, s.v.
Delphus;
Tzetzes on Lycophron, 208. Steph**** of Byzantium, s.v. Dyrrhachion. Apollodorus...
- /ˈdɛlfiː/. The
bottom line on the
etymology is that
Delphoi is
related to
delphus, "womb",
which is
consistent with the
omphalos stone there being considered...
