Tritogeneia

[justben]

In today's Athena libation we read one of Her Homeric Hymns. The hymn includes the epithet Tritogeneia (Τριτογενῆ). After the ritual, one of the ritualgoers asked the meaning of this epithet. I had to admit that I didn't know. So I did some checking up. Apparently there are a lot of theories.

Here's what The Theoi Project has to say about it:

Comments

[fourjacks]

Cool. Thanks for the info. I like "head-born", not that I'm enough of a scholar to have an opinion, just a personal preference.