Ἱκετηρία
of a suppliant
Translated by David Whitehead25 Nov 2000Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἱκετηρία· ὁ θαλλὸς τῆς ἐλαίας. ὁ δὲ Αἰσχίνης ἐν τῇ Ἀπολογίᾳ. ἱκετηρία καλεῖται ἐλαίας κλάδος, στέμματι ἐστεμμένος.
Betacode
*(ikethri/a: o( qallo\s th=s e)lai/as. o( de\ *ai)sxi/nhs e)n th=| *)apologi/a|. i(kethri/a kalei=tai e)lai/as kla/dos, ste/mmati e)stemme/nos.
Notes (1)
- 1This is the form of words also found in Harpokration s.v. (from which the present entry derives), and orthodoxy construes it as Aeschin. 1.104. For an argument that "Aeschines" is an error for "Andocides", and the correct reference therefore Andocides 1.110, see D. Whitehead, "Harpocrationiana", Eikasmos 8 (1997) 157-64, at 159-60. ↩
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