Μερόη

Meroe

Translated by David Whitehead4 Jun 2008Vetting: high5 revisions

2 notes · 15 words
An island on the way to the ocean.1
"Even if you set foot beyond Meroe..".2

Greek original · Adler’s text

Μερόη· νῆσος κατὰ τὸν ὠκεανόν. εἰ καὶ τηλοτέρω Μερόης τεὸν ἴχνος ἐρείσεις.

Betacode
*mero/h: nh=sos kata\ to\n w)keano/n. ei) kai\ thlote/rw *mero/hs teo\n i)/xnos e)rei/seis.

Notes (2)

  1. 1See rather under kappa 301. (For 'ocean' see omega 43.) ↩
  2. 2Greek Anthology 5.301.1 (Paul the Silentiary), however distant his lover, the poet will deliver a gift to her. Meroë was an ancient city on the Nile, near modern-day Shendi, Sudan; cf. Barrington Atlas Map 82 grid D4. ↩

Neighbouring entries

μ637ΜερμερόηςMermeroesμ638Μέρμιςcord, stringμ639ΜερόηMeroeμ640ΜερόλαςMerolas, Merulaμ641Μέσαβονmid-ox
Revision history5 revisions · last 4 Aug 2023
  1. expanded n.2, added map reference — Ronald Allen
  2. tweaked note — Catharine Roth
  3. Revised — David Whitehead
  4. another x-ref — David Whitehead
  5. coding, status — Catharine Roth
  6. Translated — David Whitehead

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