Κατατομή
scarp
Translated by David Whitehead30 Nov 2000Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
Hyperides in the [speech] Against Demosthenes [writes]: "and sitting below by the scarp".1 And Philochorus [writes]: "and he inscribed [it] on the scarp of the rock".2
Greek original · Adler’s text
Κατατομή· Ὑπερίδης ἐν τῷ κατὰ Δημοσθένους· καὶ καθήμενος ὑποκάτω ὑπὸ τῇ κατατομῇ. καὶ Φιλόχορος· καὶ ἐπέγραψεν ἐπὶ τὴν κατατομὴν τῆς πέτρας.
Betacode
*katatomh/: *(uperi/dhs e)n tw=| kata\ *dhmosqe/nous: kai\ kaqh/menos u(poka/tw u(po\ th=| katatomh=|. kai\ *filo/xoros: kai\ e)pe/grayen e)pi\ th\n katatomh\n th=s pe/tras.
Notes (2)
- Abridged from Harpokration (and Suda) s.v.
The headword describes a structural feature of both the assembly-place (on the Pnyx Hill) and the Theater of Dionysos in classical Athens. Lexicographical comment on it, exemplified here, is flawed by a failure to distinguish between the two. - 1Hyperides, Against Demosthenes 9, referring to D. himself. ↩
- 2Philochorus FGrH 328 F58 (another context altogether). ↩
References
D. Whitehead (ed.), Hypereides, The Forensic Speeches (Oxford 2000) 392-394
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