Ἄορνος
Aornos, Bird-less
Translated by Jennifer Benedict29 Nov 2000Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἄορνος· πέτρα ἐν τῇ Ἰνδικῇ. Ἀρριανός· μέγα γάρ τι χρῆμα πέτρας ἐν τῇ χώρᾳ ταύτῃ ἐστίν. ἔστι δὲ καὶ λίμνη οὕτω καλουμένη. ταύτην Ἀλέξανδρος εἷλεν, ἣ τῷ Ἡρακλεῖ ἄπορος ἐγένετο ἡ πέτρα.
Betacode
*)/aornos: pe/tra e)n th=| *)indikh=|. *)arriano/s: me/ga ga/r ti xrh=ma pe/tras e)n th=| xw/ra| tau/th| e)sti/n. e)/sti de\ kai\ li/mnh ou(/tw kaloume/nh. tau/thn *)ale/candros ei(=len, h(\ tw=| *(hraklei= a)/poros e)ge/neto h( pe/tra.
Notes (2)
- [1] Arrian, Anabasis 4.28.1.↩
- 2Mention of this lake interrupts the material about the Aornos rock. An Aornos lake is also noted in other lexica, and the allusion is doubtless to the lake (formed by a volcanic crater) at Puteoli on the Bay of Naples (see e.g. Strabo 5.4.5, with comment on its birdlessness), Virgil's Avernus. ↩
- 3Arrian, Anabasis 4.30.4, paraphrased.
References
A.B. Bosworth, A Commentary on Arrian's History of Alexander, 2 (Oxford 1995) 178-181.
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Revision history5 revisions · last 2 Aug 2015
- Revised — David Whitehead
- Revised — David Whitehead
- another note, prompted by Nicholas Fincher; another keyword; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- cosmetics — David Whitehead
- modified headword, translation, notes; added bibliography and keyword — David Whitehead
- Translated — Jennifer Benedict