Ἀρίσβη

Arisbe

Translated by Jennifer Benedict11 Jul 2001Vetting: high4 revisions

4 words

A city of Boiotia.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἀρίσβη· πόλις τῆς Βοιωτίας.

Betacode

*)ari/sbh: po/lis th=s *boiwti/as.

Cities of this name are attested in the Troad and on the island of Lesbos -- see in brief OCD(4) s.v. (p.152) -- but not in Boiotia. The lexicographer, or his source, is confusing one of these with Boiotian Thisbe [Myth, Place] (theta 388).