Ἀλωπεκόννησος
Alopekonnesos, Alopeconnesus, Fox-Island
Translated by Jennifer Benedict26 May 2000Vetting: high7 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἀλωπεκόννησος· πόλις ἐστὶ μία τῶν ἐν Χεροννήσῳ. ὅτι Αἶνος πόλις ἐστὶ τῆς Θρᾴκης, ἣν Ἕλληνες τὰ πρῶτα Ἀλωπεκοννησίοις κατῴκισαν, ὕστερον δὲ ἐκ Μιτυλήνης καὶ Κύμης ἐπηγάγοντο ἐποίκους.
Betacode
*)alwpeko/nnhsos: po/lis e)sti\ mi/a tw=n e)n *xeronnh/sw|. o(/ti *ai)=nos po/lis e)sti\ th=s *qra/|khs, h(\n *(/ellhnes ta\ prw=ta *)alwpekonnhsi/ois katw/|kisan, u(/steron de\ e)k *mitulh/nhs kai\ *ku/mhs e)phga/gonto e)poi/kous.
Notes (4)
- 1From Harpokration s.v. According to Demosthenes 23.166, Alopekonnesos was located on a headland running out towards Imbros, a long way from Thrace; a place swarming with robbers and pirates. See Isaac (1986), pp. 189-91. For the Chersonese (the present-day Gelibolu/Gallipoli peninsula), which forms the European side of the Hellespont straits, see Isaac (1986), pp.159-197. ↩
- 2Quoted from alphaiota 225. ↩
- 3Just east of the R. Hebros. See generally Isaac (1986), pp. 140-157. ↩
- 4In Asia Minor. ↩
References
Isaac, Benjamin H. The Greek Settlements in Thrace Until the Macedonian Conquest. Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1986.
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Revision history7 revisions · last 16 Mar 2012
- tweak — Catharine Roth
- deleted intrusive characters — David Whitehead
- tweaks — David Whitehead
- Revised — Mehmet Fatih Yavuz
- augmented note, added bibliography — Mehmet Fatih Yavuz
- augmented notes; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- modified translation; added notes and keyword — David Whitehead
- Translated — Jennifer Benedict