Ἐρυθρὰ θάλασσα
Red Sea
Translated by David Whitehead9 Oct 2005Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
['Red Sea'] was the name given to the Persian Gulf, not from the colour of the waves, as some suppose, but to perpetuate the name of a man called Erythros ["Red"] who had held sway in the region.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἐρυθρὰ θάλασσα ἐκλήθη ὁ Περσικὸς κόλπος, οὐκ ἀπὸ τῆς χροιᾶς τοῦ ῥοθίου, καθάπερ τινὲς οἴονται, ἀλλ' ἔκ τινος ἀνδρὸς Ἐρυθροῦ τὴν προσηγορίαν, ἐνδυναστεύσαντος τοῖσδε τοῖς τόποις.
Betacode
*)eruqra\ qa/lassa e)klh/qh o( *persiko\s ko/lpos, ou)k a)po\ th=s xroia=s tou= r(oqi/ou, kaqa/per tine\s oi)/ontai, a)ll' e)/k tinos a)ndro\s *)eruqrou= th\n proshgori/an, e)ndunasteu/santos toi=sde toi=s to/pois.