Ἀδώνειοι καρποί
Adonis' crops; crops of Adonis
Translated by Jennifer Benedict19 Mar 2001Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
Raised gardens are called [this].
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἀδώνειοι καρποί· λέγονται οἱ μετέωροι κῆποι.
Betacode
*)adw/neioi karpoi/: le/gontai oi( mete/wroi kh=poi.
Notes
Linked from4 entries
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- α515ἈδωνίαAdonia, Adonis-mourningWith a short vowel [sc. in the penultimate syllable]. "We hold the Adonia and we weep for Adonis." Pherecrates [sc. writes this]. They also call the image of Adonis, in this way, an Adonion. Also [sc. attested is the…
- α516Ἄδωνις ἈδώνιδοςAdonis, [genitive] AdonidosA proper name. "And there was holy grief, such as that for Adonis on Libanos and [sc. in] Byblos."
- α517Ἀδώνιδος κῆποιAdonis' gardens[Made] out of lettuce and fennel, which they used to sow in earthenware pots. They apply the proverb to the superficial and shallow. Adonis' gardens: in reference to things that are untimely and transitory and have not…
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Revision history3 revisions · last 26 Apr 2015
- Revised — David Whitehead
- tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
- modified headword and translation; added note and keywords — David Whitehead
- Translated — Jennifer Benedict