Enkelados

Norwegian Bokmål no:Enkelados thumb|Athena fighting Enkelados on an Attic red-figure dish from c. 525 BCE. Etymology nb, borrowed from nb grc Ἐγκέλαδος Enkelados, a Giant in Greek mythology. The Ancient Greek name has long been associated with grc κέλαδος noise, din, clamour, and has traditionally been interpreted as referring to a noisy or resounding figure, perhaps with grc ἐν in, within as its first element. The exact prehistoric formation of the name is not entirely certain. The astronomical name nb Enceladus is the Latinized form of the same mythological name, through Latin la Enceladus Enkelados, and was given to a moon of Saturn in honour of the Giant. Parallel learned forms retaining the Greek-like spelling include da Enkelados, sv Enkelados, fi Enkelados, de Enkelados, pl Enkelados and cs Enkelados. Compare the Latinized tradition la Enceladus, en Enceladus, nl Enceladus and fr Encelade. Pronunciation nb /ɛŋˈkeː.la.dɔs/ nb eːladɔs 4 nb En ke la dos Proper noun nb proper noun nb Greek mythology Enceladus; one of the giants who fought the Olympian gods in the Gigantomachy, traditionally an opponent of Athena and said to have been buried beneath Sicily or Mount Etna nb Athene beseiret Enkelados under kampen mot gigantene. Athena defeated Enkelados during the battle against the Giants. nb 24 February 2025 Store norske leksikon Enkelados Enkelados er en av gigantene i gresk mytologi. Ifølge mytene kastet Athene øya Sicilia mot ham og begravde ham under den. Enkelados is one of the Giants in Greek mythology. According to the myths, Athena threw the island of Sicily at him and buried him beneath it. nb Greek mythology a son of Aigyptos and Argyphia, one of the fifty sons of Aigyptos; husband of the Danaid Amymone, who killed him on their wedding night nb Amymone ble gift med Enkelados, en av sønnene til Aigyptos. Amymone married Enkelados, one of the sons of Aigyptos. See also nb Enceladus moon of Saturn named after Enkelados References “Enkelados”, Store norske leksikon Richard Hunter and Rebecca Laemmle (2019), “Enkelados: Callimachus Fragment 1.36”, Classical Philology, volume 114, number 3. Liddell, Henry George and Robert Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, revised and augmented by Henry Stuart Jones, s.v. grc κέλαδος. Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca, 1.6.2 and 2.1.5.