Ἰκρία
benches, planks
Translated by Elizabeth Vandiver15 Dec 1999Vetting: high6 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] straight timbers, or plankings of the ship.1
Also [meaning] the benches of the theatres, which were in the assemblies as well; for they [sc. the people] used to be seated upon timbers. Before the theatre existed, they would bind together timbers, and in this way they spectated.2 Aristophanes in Thesmophoriazusae [writes]: "as soon as they come in from the benches they look suspiciously at us."3
"And they placed projections of timbers below the half-finished [constructions] and, after affixing planks [ikria] to them, they began to contrive crossings by means of them."4
Also [meaning] the benches of the theatres, which were in the assemblies as well; for they [sc. the people] used to be seated upon timbers. Before the theatre existed, they would bind together timbers, and in this way they spectated.2 Aristophanes in Thesmophoriazusae [writes]: "as soon as they come in from the benches they look suspiciously at us."3
"And they placed projections of timbers below the half-finished [constructions] and, after affixing planks [ikria] to them, they began to contrive crossings by means of them."4