Ἀλίφειρα
Alipheira, Aliphira
Translated by Jennifer Benedict11 May 2000Vetting: high9 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἀλίφειρα· ὄνομα πόλεως. καὶ Ἀλιφειρεύς, ὄνομα ποταμοῦ.
Betacode
*)ali/feira: o)/noma po/lews. kai\ *)alifeireu/s, o)/noma potamou=.
Notes (2)
- 1Alipheira was a city in the western Peloponnese; its site was, specifically, 9-10 km. south of the city of Heraea (Heraia) in western Arcadia (Barrington Atlas map 58 grid B2; see e.g. Polybius 4.77-78, web address 1). Together with several other cities in the region (cf. Pausanias 8.27.4, web address 2), Alipheira belonged to the Kynourian tribal state (T.H. Nielsen in Hansen & Nielsen 509-510 #266; cf. Walbank 531). A more prominent Kynourian district lay on the eastern coast of the Peloponnesus (Barrington Atlas map 58 grid D3; modern-day North and South Kynouria, Arcadia, Greece), in the often-contested region (cf. Pausanias 3.2.2-3, web address 3) between the Argolid (the region surrounding Argos [Myth, Place], cf. alpha 3766) to the north and Lakedaimonia (the region around Sparta, cf. lambda 49) to the south. ↩
- 2One would have expected the lexicographer to define 'Alipheireus' as the demotikon of a citizen of Alipheira -- which would indeed have been true. The river which (according to this entry) bore a name cognate with it was more commonly called the Alpheus (for which see alpha 1448, alpha 1449). ↩
References
F.W. Walbank, A Historical Commentary on Polybius vol.1 (Oxford 1957 and reprints)
M.H. Hansen & T.H. Nielsen, An Inventory of Archaic and Classical Poleis (Oxford 2004)
M.H. Hansen & T.H. Nielsen, An Inventory of Archaic and Classical Poleis (Oxford 2004)
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
- Web address 2 perseus.tufts.edu
- Web address 3 perseus.tufts.edu
Neighbouring entries
Revision history9 revisions · last 8 Sep 2018
- cosmeticule n.1 — Ronald Allen
- rewrote n.1 following further discussion with DW and WH, added keywords — Ronald Allen
- cosmeticule in bibliography, rearranged and supplemented n.1, added links, incorporated helpful comments by SOL Senior Editor David Whitehead (geographical) and SOL Managing Editor William Hutton (historical) — Ronald Allen
- added map reference — Ronald Allen
- further expansion of notes, with bibliography — David Whitehead
- Revised — David Whitehead
- augmented note and keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- augmented note; added keyword; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- added note; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Jennifer Benedict