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Ἑκατόμπεδος νεώς · Hundred-foot temple (ε 368) · Suda

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Α Β Γ Δ Ε Ζ Η Θ Ι Κ Λ Μ Ν Ξ Ο Π Ρ Σ Τ Υ Φ Χ Ψ Ω

Near ε368

ε364Hekate, Hecate
ε365Hekate's island, Hecate's island
ε366Hekatombaion, Hecatombaeum
ε367Hekatomnos, Hecatomnus
ε368Hundred-foot temple
ε369hundredth
ε370leader of a hundred; centurion
ε371de-stalking
ε372to hit

Suda/Ε epsilon/ε368

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Ἑκατόμπεδος νεώς

Hundred-foot temple

Translated by David Whitehead30 Oct 2000Vetting: high5 revisions

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2 notes · 33 words

Translation

The Parthenon at Athens↗.¹
Also [sc. attested is] 'Hundred-footer': Lycurgus [sc. calls it so].² The Parthenon used to be called Hekatompedos by some because of beauty and graceful proportions, not because of size.³

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἑκατόμπεδος νεώς· ὁ Ἀθήνησι παρθενών. καὶ Ἑκατόμπεδον· Λυκοῦργος. ὁ παρθενὼν ὑπό τινων Ἑκατόμπεδος ἐκαλεῖτο διὰ κάλλος καὶ εὐρυθμίαν, οὐ διὰ μέγεθος.

Betacode

*(ekato/mpedos new/s: o( *)aqh/nhsi parqenw/n. kai\ *(ekato/mpedon: *lukou=rgos. o( parqenw\n u(po/ tinwn *(ekato/mpedos e)kalei=to dia\ ka/llos kai\ eu)ruqmi/an, ou) dia\ me/geqos.

Notes (2)

[1] Similarly in some other lexica.
2i.e. the adjective alone (with a neuter noun, probably hieron, understood); Lycurgus fr. 3 Conomis. ↩
3This polemical (and counter-intuitive) point of view is not much more palatable in Harpokration s.v., where it is credited to "Menekles or Kallikrates in the (treatise) Concerning Athens" (FGrH 370 F3). But note in any case the existence of hekatompedon temples in e.g. Samos and elsewhere, characteristically as those of the patron deity of the city in question.

References

J.M. Hurwit, The Athenian Acropolis (Cambridge University Press 1999) 161-163

Neighbouring entries

ε366ἙκατομβαιώνHekatombaion, Hecatombaeum ε367ἙκάτομνοςHekatomnos, Hecatomnus ε368Ἑκατόμπεδος νεώςHundred-foot temple ε369Ἑκατοστόςhundredth ε370Ἑκατοντάρχηςleader of a hundred; centurion

Revision history5 revisions · last 8 Dec 2015

8 Dec 2015Revised — David Whitehead
31 Jul 2012Revised — David Whitehead
6 Jul 2011tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
17 Sep 2002added keywords — David Whitehead
30 Oct 2000Raised status. — William Hutton
30 Oct 2000Translated — David Whitehead

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Ἑκατόμπεδος νεώς (Adler number epsilon 368), trans. David Whitehead, 30 Oct 2000. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/epsilon/368

Translation by David Whitehead for Suda On Line, revised by David Whitehead, William Hutton, licensed CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Shown unchanged, under the same licence, non-commercially. Original on SOL ↗