Ἀμόργεια
Amorgian
Translated by Oliver Phillips ✝13 Apr 2001Vetting: high7 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἀμόργεια· χρώματος εἶδος, ἀπὸ νήσου Ἀμοργοῦντος, ὡς Θήρεια ἀπὸ Θήρας νήσου.
Betacode
*)amo/rgeia: xrw/matos ei)=dos, a)po\ nh/sou *)amorgou=ntos, w(s *qh/reia a)po\ *qh/ras nh/sou.
Notes (1)
- cf. generally alpha 1624, alpha 1625, alpha 1626, alpha 1627. The present entry comes from the scholia to Aristophanes, Lysistrata 150, where the phrase
ka)n toi=s xitwni/oisi toi=s *)amorgi/nois occurs (web address 1). The scholia read in full: "some say the appearance of the color is as olive lees; some say the Amorgian chitons from the island of Amorgos, as 'Therian' from the island of Thera." The lexica give equal support to both a color and to a style of garment or fabric, particularly of a diaphanous sort; cf. alpha 1626 and LSJ s.v. (web address 2). Forbes (below) denies that the garments could have been made from flax grown on Amorgos, as the island is too rocky to grow flax. In fact, he does not regard it as having been flax but silk of some sort. - 1"Therian" seems to refer to garments, not a color. ↩
References
Stephanus, Thesaurus linguae graecae, has a surprisingly extensive article on a)mo/rgeia and a briefer one on qh/reia under the entry on *qh/ra .
R.J. Forbes, Studies in Ancient Technology vol.4.2, p.52
Aristophanes, Lysistrata, edited with introduction and commentary by Jeffrey Henderson (Oxford 1987) 85
R.J. Forbes, Studies in Ancient Technology vol.4.2, p.52
Aristophanes, Lysistrata, edited with introduction and commentary by Jeffrey Henderson (Oxford 1987) 85
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
- Web address 2 perseus.tufts.edu
Linked from3 entries
- α1624Ἀμόργηlees[Meaning] the sediment.
- α1625Ἀμόργινονamorginos, Amorgian, mallow-fibered fabric[Meaning something] like linen and expensive. Also found is amorgina in the feminine.
- α1626Ἀμοργίςmallow-stalkProperly [this means] fine flax, from which is made garments called amorginian. Or the sediment of the olive and the lees of the wine. The mallow-stalk is like unscutched flax. They peel it and work it. It is very fine…
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Revision history7 revisions · last 16 Jun 2015
- Revised — David Whitehead
- removed a link — Catharine Roth
- typo — David Whitehead
- modified links — Catharine Roth
- expanded and tweaked note; another keyword — David Whitehead
- Added italics — Elizabeth Vandiver
- augmented bibliography; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Oliver Phillips ✝