Βίβλινος οἶνος

Bibline wine

Translated by David Whitehead9 Aug 2001Vetting: high5 revisions

5 words

So called from a place.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Βίβλινος οἶνος· ἀπὸ χωρίου οὕτως ἐκλήθη.

Betacode

*bi/blinos oi)=nos: a)po\ xwri/ou ou(/tws e)klh/qh.

Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 1.31A-B (1.56 Kaibel) summarizes what was evidently an ancient controversy about where this place might be (and opts for somewhere in Thrace).

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