Κεγχρεών
foundry
Translated by David Whitehead30 Nov 2000Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
Demosthenes in the indictment[-speech] Against Pantainetos [writes]: "and then he induced my slaves to go and sit in the foundry".1 Meaning, in the purifying-place, where they used to dry the granules from the silver-mines.2
Greek original · Adler’s text
Κεγχρεών· Δημοσθένης ἐν τῇ πρὸς Πανταίνετον γραφῇ· κἄπειτα ἔπεισε τοὺς οἰκέτας τοὺς ἐμοὺς καθέζεσθαι εἰς τὸν κεγχρεῶνα. ἀντὶ τοῦ εἰς τὸ καθαριστήριον, ὅπου τὴν ἐκ τῶν μετάλλων διέψυχον κέγχρον.