Ἄνθεια

Antheia

Translated by Jennifer Benedict2 Jul 2000Vetting: high6 revisions

3 notes · 22 words

A city.¹
Also the name of a courtesan.² Some people write it "Anteia" with a tau (t) instead of a theta (th).³

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἄνθεια· πόλις. καὶ ὄνομα ἑταίρας. τινὲς δὲ ἀντὶ τοῦ διὰ τοῦ θῆτα διὰ τοῦ τ Ἄντεια γράφουσιν.

Betacode

*)/anqeia: po/lis. kai\ o)/noma e(tai/ras. tine\s de\ a)nti\ tou= dia\ tou= qh=ta dia\ tou= t *)/anteia gra/fousin.

The second part of this entry derives from Harpokration s.v.
1In the Peloponnese, near Argos [Myth, Place], according to Stephanus of Byzantium. ↩
2cf. alpha 2644 (and phi 457). On the hetaira Anteia see Konstantinos Kapparis, Apollodoros 'Against Neaira' [D. 59] (Berlin & New York 1999) 208-209. ↩
3For discussion of the spelling of the name compare Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 13.586E (13.51 Kaibel). ↩

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