Ἠρία
barrows, mounds
Translated by David Whitehead24 Nov 2000Vetting: high6 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] tombs. Some maintain that this is a quite common name for all tombs, especially those not built up at the top. The name comes from e)/ra ["earth"].1
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἠρία· οἱ τάφοι. φασὶ δέ τινες κοινότερον μὲν πάντας τοὺς τάφους οὕτως ὀνομάζεσθαι, κατ' ἐξαίρετον δὲ τοὺς μὴ ἐν ὕψει ᾠκοδομημένους. ὠνομάσθαι δὲ παρὰ τὴν ἔραν.