Γάδειρα
Gadeira, Gades, Cadiz
Translated by Anne Mahoney27 Mar 1999Vetting: high10 revisions
Translation
A place in the western part [of the world], the very end of the sea, a sort of outlet between our sea and the Atlantic sea, the ocean, which it was not possible to sail out through because it was rough and dark.1 Gadeira [takes its name] from "ga" [earth] and "deira" [neck]. When Heracles had come as far as this and could not sail through, he acquired some slabs from the natives and set them up, using them to indicate that up to that point the land and sea were passable.2
Gadarene: [someone] from a place [sc. of that name].3
Gadarene: [someone] from a place [sc. of that name].3
Greek original · Adler’s text
Γάδειρα· τόπος κατὰ τὴν ἑσπερίαν μοῖραν, ἀποτελεύτησις τῆς θαλάσσης καὶ οἷον ἐκροὴ ἀπὸ τῆς πρὸς ἡμᾶς καὶ τὴν Ἀτλαντίδα θάλασσαν, τὸν ὠκεανὸν, ἣν διεκπλεῦσαι οὐκ ἐνῆν βραχώδη καὶ σκοτοειδῆ τυγχάνουσαν. Γάδειρα δὲ παρὰ τὴν γῆν καὶ τὴν δειρὴν, ὅ ἐστι τράχηλος. μέχρι τοῦτον ἐλθὼν ὁ Ἡρακλῆς καὶ μὴ δυνάμενος διελθεῖν στήλας παρὰ τῶν ἐγχωρίων λαβὼν ἱδρύσατο, δηλῶν δι' αὐτῶν ἄχρι τῶν τῇδε βατὴν εἶναι τὴν γῆν καὶ τὴν θάλασσαν. Γαδαρηνός, ἀπὸ τόπου.
Betacode
*ga/deira: to/pos kata\ th\n e(speri/an moi=ran, a)poteleu/thsis th=s qala/sshs kai\ oi(=on e)kroh\ a)po\ th=s pro\s h(ma=s kai\ th\n *)atlanti/da qa/lassan, to\n w)keano\n, h(\n diekpleu=sai ou)k e)nh=n braxw/dh kai\ skotoeidh= tugxa/nousan. *ga/deira de\ para\ th\n gh=n kai\ th\n deirh\n, o(/ e)sti tra/xhlos. me/xri tou=ton e)lqw\n o( *(hraklh=s kai\ mh\ duna/menos dielqei=n sth/las para\ tw=n e)gxwri/wn labw\n i(dru/sato, dhlw=n di' au)tw=n a)/xri tw=n th=|de bath\n ei)=nai th\n gh=n kai\ th\n qa/lassan. *gadarhno/s, a)po\ to/pou.
Notes (3)
- On the city (present-day Cadiz; Barrington Atlas map 26, grid D5), see generally OCD(4) 597, s.v. Gades.
The main paragraph of the present entry resembles a scholion to Gregory of Nazianzus PG 36.1055-6; Adler also cites Anecdota Graeca (Oxon., Cramer) 2.189.13. - 1This subordinate clause reappears at omega 44. Cadiz is not on the strait described here (i.e. the Strait of Gibraltar), but is the first major city one reaches to the west of the strait on the European side. ↩
- 2For the pillars of Heracles (i.e. the headlands on either side of the strait), see also eta 464. ↩
- 3Apparently not, however, from Gadeira, ethnika of which attested elsewhere are Gadeireus and Gadeirites. Rather, from Gadara in Phoenicia: e.g. the Gadarene demoniacs at Matthew 8.28. See also gamma 188. ↩
Linked from4 entries
- γ188ΓεργεσαῖοςGergesaean[An adjective formed] from a place [of that name]. Also [sc. attested is the form] Gergesenian.
- ε3094ἘρύθειαErytheia, Erythea, ErythiaA city.
- χ144ΧάρυβδιςCharybdisIt sucks up the sea around Gadeira and furiously spirals around again. It is said that it all leads down to chaos and destruction. Priscus says about Charybdis: "They sail by Sicily in front of Messene and by the strait…
- ω44Ὠκεάνειον ῥεῦμαOceanic stream[Meaning] that of the ocean. "[Ocean,] out of which it is of course not possible to sail, because it is rough and dark."
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Revision history10 revisions · last 25 Sep 2015
- note cosmetic — David Whitehead
- updated a ref — David Whitehead
- cross-reference — Catharine Roth
- tweaked translation, supplemented note 3 — Catharine Roth
- cosmetics — David Whitehead
- modified translation, augmented notes, set status — William Hutton
- added cross-reference — Catharine Roth
- typo — David Whitehead
- added notes and keyword; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- modified headword and translation; added note — David Whitehead
- Translated — Anne Mahoney