Ἀλβανοί
Albanoi, Albani, Albanians
Translated by William Hutton24 Apr 2001Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
The name of a nation of Gauls. They say that the land of these people is rich and good for producing crops and that it provides sweet wine aplenty.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἀλβανοί· ὄνομα ἔθνους Γαλατῶν. τούτων φασὶ τὴν γῆν εὐδαίμονα καὶ καρποὺς ἐνεγκεῖν οὖσαν ἀγαθήν, οἶνον ἡδὺν καὶ πολὺν ἔχουσαν.
Betacode
*)albanoi/: o)/noma e)/qnous *galatw=n. tou/twn fasi\ th\n gh=n eu)dai/mona kai\ karpou\s e)negkei=n ou)=san a)gaqh/n, oi)=non h(du\n kai\ polu\n e)/xousan.
Notes
- See also under alpha 2330 (= sigma 10), kappa 929, kappa 1307, pi 2024. Probably refers not to present-day Albania but to a people who lived on the coast of the Caspian sea; cf. Strabo 11.14.1 (web address 1); Pliny, Natural History 6.38; and see generally OCD(4) s.v. Albania.
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
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Revision history5 revisions · last 29 Mar 2016
- added a link — Catharine Roth
- coding — Catharine Roth
- updated a ref — David Whitehead
- augmented note; another keyword; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- augmented note; added keyword — David Whitehead
- Translated — William Hutton