Ἰσθμικὴ πίτυς
Isthmian pine
Translated by David Whitehead26 Aug 2001Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
A prize for victory [sc. in athletes].
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἰσθμικὴ πίτυς· ἆθλον ἐπινίκιον.
Betacode
*)isqmikh\ pi/tus: a)=qlon e)pini/kion.
Notes
- At the biennial Isthmian Games, held near Corinth; see iota 638, and generally OCD(4) s.v. The crowns awarded there were of dry celery during the classical period but of pine earlier (and again later). There is a lavish and learned discussion of this in book 5 of the Table-talk (Quaestiones conviviales) of Plutarch: 675D-77B.
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