Ἀντρῶνες

Antrones

Translated by David Whitehead6 Oct 2000Vetting: high5 revisions

2 notes · 19 words

A city in Thessaly.¹
Also [sc. attested is a proverb] "Antronian donkey"; as very large ones occur in Antrones.²

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἀντρῶνες· πόλις ἐν Θετταλίᾳ. καὶ Ἀντρώνιος ὄνος· ὡς μεγίστων γινομένων ἐν Ἀντρῶσιν.

Betacode

*)antrw=nes: po/lis e)n *qettali/a|. kai\ *)antrw/nios o)/nos: w(s megi/stwn ginome/nwn e)n *)antrw=sin.

Notes (2)

1From Harpokration s.v., commenting on its mention in Demosthenes 10.9. (Stephanus of Byzantium gives its name in the singular, Antron.) ↩
2From Photius, and also in some of the paroemiographers; originally Pherecrates fr. 15 Kock, now 16 K.-A. ↩

Linked from1 entry

α2195Ἀνδρώνιος ὄνοςAndronian donkey[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to those who have immense and sluggish bodies: or because there are big and sluggish donkeys in that place.

Neighbouring entries

α2766Ἀντριάσιfor those of the grotto α2767Ἄντρονgrotto α2768ἈντρῶνεςAntrones α2769Ἄντυγεςrails, rims α2770ἌντυλλοςAntyllus, Antyllos

Revision history5 revisions · last 1 Jan 2015

1 Jan 2015Revised — David Whitehead
28 Jun 2011augmented notes; another keyword — David Whitehead
31 Oct 2002augmented note and keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
30 Oct 2002Set status — William Hutton
15 Aug 2002augmented note and keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
6 Oct 2000Translated — David Whitehead