Μινῴα

Minoa

Translated by David Whitehead9 Jun 2004Vetting: high4 revisions

9 words

A city in Sicily, which was formerly called Herakleia.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Μινῴα· πόλις περὶ Σικελίαν, ἥτις Ἡράκλεια πρὶν ἐλέγετο.

Betacode

*minw/|a: po/lis peri\ *sikeli/an, h(/tis *(hra/kleia pri\n e)le/geto.

This is the second of a whole string of places called Minoa listed by Stephanus of Byzantium s.v. See Barrington Atlas Map 47 grid C4; still called Eraclea Minoa.

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