Ἀστράβη
mule, mule's saddle
Translated by Jennifer Benedict7 Feb 2002Vetting: high10 revisions
Translation
[Meaning a] donkey.1
The mule, as Demosthenes [sc. says in his speech] against Meidias. But perhaps every beast of burden on which men are borne is called thus.2
Ora)stra/bh , the wooden [pommel] for equestrians, which they hold on to while seated.3
Also [sc. attested is the related term]a)strabhla/ths ["muleteer"], [meaning] the driver.4
Or even the actual saddle of a beast of burden. But others call the mule's saddle ana)stra/bh .5
"But he, when the mule has shed both its burden and its saddle, lifting them onto his shoulders comes into the monastery of Saint Sava."6
The mule, as Demosthenes [sc. says in his speech] against Meidias. But perhaps every beast of burden on which men are borne is called thus.2
Or
Also [sc. attested is the related term]
Or even the actual saddle of a beast of burden. But others call the mule's saddle an
"But he, when the mule has shed both its burden and its saddle, lifting them onto his shoulders comes into the monastery of Saint Sava."6