Citations:Γελλώ

Ancient Greek citations of Γέλλως (Géllōs), Γελλώ (Gellṓ), and Γελλοῦς (Gelloûs)

• 630 BCE – 570 BCE, Sappho, Collected Works 47:

  Γέλλως παιδοφιλωτέρα·

  Géllōs paidophilōtéra;

  (She) more child-loving than Gello.

• Cyranides 2.40.37:

  τὴν Γελλὼ τὴν πνίγουσαν τὰ βρέφη καὶ τὰς λεχοὺς ἐνοχλοῦσαν

  tḕn Gellṑ tḕn pnígousan tà bréphē kaì tàs lekhoùs enokhloûsan

• 5th century CE, Hesychius Alexandreus, Συναγωγὴ Πασῶν Λέξεων κατὰ Στοιχεῖον :

  <Γελλώ>· εἴδωλον Ἐμπούσης τὸ τῶν ἀώρων, τῶν παρθένων
  <Γελλώ> δαίμων, ἣν γυναῖκες τὰ νεογνὰ παιδία φασὶν ἁρπάζειν

  <Γελλώ>; eídōlon Empoúsēs tò tôn aṓrōn, tôn parthénōn
  <Γελλώ> daímōn, hḕn gunaîkes tà neognà paidía phasìn harpázein

• Sud. :

  Γελλοῦς παιδοφιλωτέρα: αὕτη ἄωρος ἐτελεύτησε, καὶ τὸ φάντασμα αὐτῆς ἐδόκουν ἐπὶ τὰ παιδία καὶ τοὺς ἀώρους θανάτους ἰέναι.

  Gelloûs paidophilōtéra: haútē áōros eteleútēse, kaì tò phántasma autês edókoun epì tà paidía kaì toùs aṓrous thanátous iénai.

  (She) more child-loving than Gello: She died unseasonably, and they imagined that her ghost went to children and to those [who had suffered] unseasonable deaths.