Χερρόνησος
Cherronesos, Chersonesos, Chersonese
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Translation
A territory of Thrace. Also a city [sc. there] tributary to the Athenians, fertile for growing cereals; hence the Athenians also used to import grain [sc. from it].1 [The people] whom Kleon might shake.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Χερρόνησος· Θρᾴκης χώρα. καὶ πόλις ὑποτελὴς τοῖς Ἀθηναίοις, εὔφορος εἰς πυρῶν γεωργίαν· ὅθεν καὶ ἐσιταγώγουν οἱ Ἀθηναῖοι. οὓς Κλέων διέσειε.
Betacode
*xerro/nhsos: *qra/|khs xw/ra. kai\ po/lis u(potelh\s toi=s *)aqhnai/ois, eu)/foros ei)s purw=n gewrgi/an: o(/qen kai\ e)sitagw/goun oi( *)aqhnai=oi. ou(\s *kle/wn die/seie.
Notes (1)
- From the scholia to Aristophanes, Knights 262 (web address 1), which actually refers to Athenian cleruchs (settlers) there. For Kleon see kappa 1731. See generally OCD(4) p.308, under Chersonesus(1), and Barrington Atlas map 51 grid G4.
- 1Aristotle, Rhetoric 3.10.7; cf. R. Körpe and M.F. Yavuz, 'The Harbors of the Thracian Chersonese', Archaeological Institute of America 108th Annual Meeting Abstracts, San Diego, 2007, 5 (web address 2). ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
- Web address 2 academia.edu
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