Ἄλπειον
Alp
Translated by Jennifer Benedict9 Jun 2000Vetting: high9 revisions
Translation
Name of a mountain.1
Also [sc. attested is] Alps, "extensive mountains, which nature raised just like a fortification for Italy, their height above the clouds, and so very extensive that, divided, they reach the whole of Italy; the ones they call entrances."2
Also Alps, "mountains separating Gauls and Ailourians; there they stand as clustered strongholds. Where indeed Goths of old lived and kept guard."3
Also [sc. attested is] Alps, "extensive mountains, which nature raised just like a fortification for Italy, their height above the clouds, and so very extensive that, divided, they reach the whole of Italy; the ones they call entrances."2
Also Alps, "mountains separating Gauls and Ailourians; there they stand as clustered strongholds. Where indeed Goths of old lived and kept guard."3