Μεθώνη
Methone
Translated by David Whitehead7 Dec 2000Vetting: high8 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Μεθώνη· ἡ πόλις. μία τῶν Ἀλκυονίδων. Δημοσθένης ἐν Φιλιππικοῖς λέγοι ἂν τὴν ἐν Θρᾴκῃ· ἣν πολιορκῶν Φίλιππος ἐξεκόπη τὸν δεξιὸν ὀφθαλμόν. τέσσαρας δὲ εἶναί φησι Μεθώνας Δημήτριος ὁ Μάγνης.
Betacode
*meqw/nh: h( po/lis. mi/a tw=n *)alkuoni/dwn. *dhmosqe/nhs e)n *filippikoi=s le/goi a)\n th\n e)n *qra/|kh|: h(\n poliorkw=n *fi/lippos e)ceko/ph to\n decio\n o)fqalmo/n. te/ssaras de\ ei)=nai/ fhsi *meqw/nas *dhmh/trios o( *ma/gnhs.
Notes (3)
- OCD4 s.v. Methone(1). See also mu 896.
- 1For this gloss, interrupting the coherence of the item (which is otherwise from Harpocration s.v.), see alpha 1298. ↩
- 2Demosthenes 1.9 (web address 1). ↩
- 3Demetrius of Magnesia (C1 BCE) wrote a work called Cities of the Same Name. See generally OCD4 Demetrius(16). ↩
Linked from3 entries
- α1298Ἀλκυονίδες ἡμέραιAlcyon days, Halcyon days, kingfisher days[Meaning] those of fine weather. People differ on their number. For Simonides in Pentathla says they are 11, as does Aristotle in [his book] Concerning Animals, but Demagoras of Samos [says] 7, and Philochorus 9.…
- μ433ΜεθωναῖοςMethonaian, Methonaean[Meaning] one [who comes] from the city of Methone.
- μ896ΜηθώνηMethoneName of a city.
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- augmented notes and keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- standardized terminology — William Hutton
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- Translated — David Whitehead