Ἑρμαῖ
Herms, Hermae, Hermai
Translated by David Whitehead21 Nov 2000Vetting: high7 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἑρμαῖ· Μενεκλῆς ἢ Καλλιστράτης ἐν τῷ περὶ Ἀθηναίων γράφει ταυτί· ἀπὸ γὰρ τῆς Ποικίλης καὶ τῆς τοῦ βασιλέως στοᾶς εἰσιν οἱ Ἑρμαῖ καλούμενοι. ἐκαλοῦντο δέ τινες καὶ Ἱππάρχειοι Ἑρμαῖ ἀπὸ Ἱππάρχου τοῦ Πεισιστράτου.
Betacode
*(ermai=: *meneklh=s h)\ *kallistra/ths e)n tw=| peri\ *)aqhnai/wn gra/fei tauti/: a)po\ ga\r th=s *poiki/lhs kai\ th=s tou= basile/ws stoa=s ei)sin oi( *(ermai= kalou/menoi. e)kalou=nto de/ tines kai\ *(ippa/rxeioi *(ermai= a)po\ *(ippa/rxou tou= *peisistra/tou.
Notes (2)
- Abridged from Harpokration s.v., commenting in the first instance on Aeschines 3.187.↩
- 1Harpok. gives this second name as Kallikrates; cf. kappa 1354. ↩
- 2Menekles of Barka [C2 BCE] FGrH 270 F2. The more correct title of the work, in Harpok., is About Athens. For herms cf. epsilon 3051; for Menekles cf. delta 589, kappa 1354.
References
OCD(4) p.671
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