Λιπάρα
Lipara
Translated by David Whitehead5 Dec 2000Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
One of the so-called islands of Aeolus. Lipara [is] near Sicily.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Λιπάρα· μία τῶν καλουμένων Αἰόλου νήσων. περὶ τὴν Σικελίαν δὲ ἡ Λιπάρα.
Betacode
*lipa/ra: mi/a tw=n kaloume/nwn *ai)o/lou nh/swn. peri\ th\n *sikeli/an de\ h( *lipa/ra.
Notes
- Abridged from Harpokration (and Photius) s.v., commenting on this toponym in Dinarchus fr. XII.3 Conomis.
Off the northern coast of Sicily. (For Aeolus see alphaiota 252.)
NF: the Latin plural 'Lipari' is often used to describe the whole group.
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Revision history4 revisions · last 19 Apr 2013
- Revised — David Whitehead
- augmented notes and keywords — David Whitehead
- added x-ref and keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- added note — Nicholas Fincher
- Translated — David Whitehead