Κατάστεψον πέδον
deck the plain with wreaths
Translated by Catharine Roth9 Aug 2008Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
Meaning lead with [the olive branches] of suppliants. "First come and having decked the plain with wreaths [...]". They used also to call woolen fillets, too, "wreaths." "For whom the goddess, having carded wreaths, spun [...]."1
Greek original · Adler’s text
Κατάστεψον πέδον· ἀντὶ τοῦ μεθ' ἱκετηριῶν ἀφηγοῦ. τὸ πρῶτον ἵκου καὶ κατεστέψας πέδον. στέμματα ἔλεγον καὶ τὰ ἔρια. ᾧ στέμματα ξήνασ' ἐπέκλωσεν θεά.