Δημήτρειος καρπός
Demetrian fruit
Translated by Catharine Roth13 Nov 2002Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] that of Demeter.1
Apollonion is short for the shrine of Apollo. This is the correct reading also in Thucydides.2 Also Poseidonion, the [shrine] of Poseidon, as Athenaion, the [shrine] of Athena; and Dionysion and Demetrion and all such [shrines] that have names similar to the personal names. But*poseida/neion [is] obviously Doric.3
Apollonion is short for the shrine of Apollo. This is the correct reading also in Thucydides.2 Also Poseidonion, the [shrine] of Poseidon, as Athenaion, the [shrine] of Athena; and Dionysion and Demetrion and all such [shrines] that have names similar to the personal names. But