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Ἱστιαία · Histiaia, Histiaea (ι 687) · Suda

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Α Β Γ Δ Ε Ζ Η Θ Ι Κ Λ Μ Ν Ξ Ο Π Ρ Σ Τ Υ Φ Χ Ψ Ω

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ι683stand!
ι684I appoint, I establish, I place, I position, set up
ι685hearth
ι686food-allowance
ι687Histiaia, Histiaea
ι688Histiaiton, Histiaetum
ι689sail
ι690a ragged sail
ι691sail-patcher

Suda/Ι iota/ι687

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Ἱστιαία

Histiaia, Histiaea

Translated by David Whitehead25 Nov 2000Vetting: high4 revisions

biography
definition
geography
historiography
history

1 note · 10 words

Translation

A city.¹
Also [sc. attested is] Histiaios, a proper name.²

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἱστιαία· πόλις. καὶ Ἱστιαῖος, ὄνομα κύριον.

Betacode

*(istiai/a: po/lis. kai\ *(istiai=os, o)/noma ku/rion.

Notes (1)

[1] At the northern extremity of the Greek island of Euboia (epsilon 3382); also known as Hestiaia/Hestiaea. See generally OCD(4) s.v. Histiaea.
2Tyrant of Miletos late C6/early C5 BCE, in Herodotus; see under alpha 1916, zeta 122, tau 319, and generally OCD(4) s.v. Histiaeus.

Linked from2 entries

ι688ἹστίαιτονHistiaiton, HistiaetumName of a place.
κ896Καταιρεόμενοςbeing caught"But as in his flight he was overtaken by a Persian man, and as being caught he was going to be stabbed by him [...]."

Neighbouring entries

ι685Ἱστίαhearth ι686Ἱστιατορίανfood-allowance ι687ἹστιαίαHistiaia, Histiaea ι688ἹστίαιτονHistiaiton, Histiaetum ι689Ἱστίονsail

Revision history4 revisions · last 4 Aug 2014

4 Aug 2014Revised — David Whitehead
31 Jul 2011Revised — David Whitehead
4 Aug 2003augmented notes and keywords — David Whitehead
4 Aug 2003Revised — Catharine Roth
25 Nov 2000Translated — David Whitehead

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Ἱστιαία (Adler number iota 687), trans. David Whitehead, 25 Nov 2000. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/iota/687

Translation by David Whitehead for Suda On Line, revised by David Whitehead, Catharine Roth, licensed CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Shown unchanged, under the same licence, non-commercially. Original on SOL ↗