Χαλκίοικος
Bronze-House, of the Bronze House; Chalkioikos
Translated by David Whitehead · 25 Nov 2001 · Vetting: high · 7 revisions
Translation
Greek original
Χαλκίοικος· ἡ Ἀθηνᾶ ἐν Σπάρτῃ. ἢ ὅτι χαλκοῦν εἶχεν οἶκον· ἢ διὰ τὸ στερεὸν εἶναι· ἢ διὰ τὸ τοὺς Χαλκιδεῖς τοὺς ἐξ Εὐβοίας φυγάδας αὐτὸν κτίσαι.
Betacode
*xalki/oikos: h( *)aqhna= e)n *spa/rth|. h)\ o(/ti xalkou=n ei)=xen oi)=kon: h)\ dia\ to\ stereo\n ei)=nai: h)\ dia\ to\ tou\s *xalkidei=s tou\s e)c *eu)boi/as fuga/das au)to\n kti/sai.
Notes
- From the scholia to Thucydides 1.128.2, where the headword occurs (and recurs at 1.134.1 & 4). See also e.g. Euripides, Helen 228 & 245; Aristophanes, Lysistrata 1299; Lycurgus 1.128, Polybius 4.22.8 and 4.35.2.
Pausanias 3.17.1-3 gives reasons for accepting the first of the three etymologies proffered here; he saw it himself, and reports that both the temple and the cult-image were of bronze.
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