Ἁλῶα
Haloa
Translated by Jennifer Benedict26 May 2000Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
It is an Attic festival. Philochorus says it was named from the fact that men in those days spent their time on the threshing floors [halos].1
Haloa
Translated by Jennifer Benedict26 May 2000Vetting: high5 revisions
Ἁλῶα· ἑορτή ἐστιν Ἀττική. Φιλόχορος δέ φησιν ὀνομασθῆναι ἀπὸ τοῦ τότε τοὺς ἀνθρώπους τὰς διατριβὰς περὶ τὰς ἅλως ποιεῖσθαι.
*(alw=a: e(orth/ e)stin *)attikh/. *filo/xoros de/ fhsin o)nomasqh=nai a)po\ tou= to/te tou\s a)nqrw/pous ta\s diatriba\s peri\ ta\s a(/lws poiei=sqai.