Μεγαλοπολίτιδος
of Megalopolitan [territory]
Translated by David Whitehead9 Dec 2005Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
See under 'Alpheios' [alpha 1448].
Greek original · Adler’s text
Μεγαλοπολίτιδος· ζήτει ἐν τῷ Ἀλφειός.
Betacode
*megalopoli/tidos: zh/tei e)n tw=| *)alfeio/s.
Notes
- A word in the genitive case from that entry. The territory and its eponymous city
*megalo/polis (Megalopolis) are in southwestern Arcadia (Barrington Atlas map 58 grid C3).
Linked from2 entries
- α1448ἈλφειόςAlpheios, AlpheusA river [of that name]. Homer [writes]: "[the river Alpheios,] which flows broad through the land of the Pylians." [The one] which "is hidden immediately after its source and carries on for quite a way underground,…
- μ1440Μύριοι ἐν ΜεγαλοπόλειTen Thousand in MegalopolisDemosthenes in the [speech] Against Aeschines [sc. uses the phrase]. It is a common congress of all Arkadians, of which historians frequently make mention.
Neighbouring entries
Revision history4 revisions · last 17 Apr 2018
- added map note — Ronald Allen
- Revised — David Whitehead
- note — David Whitehead
- set status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — David Whitehead