Δρακάνῳ: this is usually supposed to be the promontory in the island of Icaros (Strabo xiv. 639, Paus.ix. 11. 2). Hermann and others therefore hold that “Ἰκάρῳ” could not refer to the island, as the whole would include the part. But, although there were several other places of the name (Pliny N. H. iv. 23, Byz. Steph. s.v.), Icaros is here undoubtedly the island near Samos. The poet might mean “either on Dracanon or (elsewhere) in Icaros.” But Maass (Hermes xxvi. 1891, p. 178 f.) is probably right in identifying Dracanon with a cape of the same name in Cos, an island which had some connexion with Dionysus. For this cape see Strabo 657, where it is spelt “Δρέκανον” (other variations are “Δράκονον, Δρακάνιον, Δράκανος”; the forms in “α” and “ε” are equally sound, being perhaps from [root ]“δρακ, [ροοτ ]δρεκ”, in “δέρκομαι, ἔδρακον”). The Dracanon in Theocr. xxvi. 33, Dion. ix. 16 (mentioned as the birthplace) is also to be taken as in Cos; so also Anth. Pal. vii. 651. 3 “ἀλλὰ τὰ μὲν Δολίχης τε καὶ αἰπεινῆς Δρακάνοιο”
“Ἰκάριον ῥήσσει κῦμα περὶ κροκάλαις”, where, as in the hymn, the promontory is mentioned as separate from the island (Doliche is the old name of Icaros, Apollod.ii. 6. 3).Hide browse bar Your current position in the text is marked in blue. Click anywhere in the line to jump to another position:
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HYMN TO DIONYSUS
HYMN TO DEMETER
HYMN TO APOLLO
HYMN TO HERMES
HYMN TO APHRODITE
HYMN TO APHRODITE
HYMN TO DIONYSUS
HYMN TO ARES
HYMN TO ARTEMIS
HYMN TO APHRODITE
HYMN TO ATHENA
HYMN TO HERA
HYMN TO DEMETER
HYMN TO THE MOTHER OF THE GODS
HYMN TO HERACLES THE LION-HEARTED
HYMN TO ASCLEPIUS
HYMN TO THE DIOSCURI
HYMN TO HERMES
HYMN TO PAN
HYMN TO HEPHAESTUS
HYMN TO APOLLO
HYMN TO POSEIDON
HYMN TO ZEUS
HYMN TO HESTIA
HYMN TO THE MUSES AND APOLLO
HYMN TO DIONYSUS
HYMN TO ARTEMIS
HYMN TO ATHENA
HYMN TO HESTIA
HYMN TO EARTH THE MOTHER OF ALL
HYMN TO HELIOS
HYMN TO SELENE
HYMN TO THE DIOSCURI
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The Homeric Hymns, edited, with preface, apparatus criticus, notes, and appendices. Thomas W. Allen. E. E. Sikes. London. Macmillan. 1904.
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