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[242] οὐρανίωνες. Curtius (G. E. p. 569) maintains that the termination here is merely amplificative, and that “οὐρανίωνες” stands in the same relation to “οὐράνιοι” that “αὐλών” does to “αὐλός, κοινών” to “κοινός, κύφων” to “κυφός”. See note on “ὙπερίωνHom. Od.1. 8.In Hom. Il.5. 898Οὐρανίωνες” seems to be used as a true patronymic of the Titans, as ‘sons of Uranus;’ though Nägelsbach (Hom. Theol. 74 foll.) interprets even that passage of the gods of Olympus. Aristarchus notices a difference between “Οὐρανίωνες” and “Ὀλύμπιοι”, remarking, on Il.15. 225, “ἐνερτέρους δὲ καλεῖ καὶ οὐρανίωνας καὶ ὑποταρταρίους καὶ Τιτᾶνας τοὺς περὶ Κρόνον θεούς” (Lehrs, Aristarch.191). Here, however, the reference is unmistakably to the gods of heaven.

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