Μήδη

Mede

Translated by Catharine Roth9 Aug 2006Vetting: high3 revisions

3 notes · 14 words

Translation

A [feminine] proper name;1 but Media [is] a country;2 [and] Mideia [is] a city.3

Greek original · Adler’s text

Μήδη· ὄνομα κύριον· Μηδία δὲ χώρα· Μίδεια, πόλις.

Betacode
*mh/dh: o)/noma ku/rion: *mhdi/a de\ xw/ra: *mi/deia, po/lis. 

Notes (3)

  1. 1An rare alternative version of mu 878, Mede(i)a; in e.g. a fragment of the hellenistic epic poet Euphorion [epsilon 3801]. ↩
  2. 2The country of the Medes (mu 889, mu 891). ↩
  3. 3There were two small cities of this name in central Greece: one in the Argolid and one (before being submerged under Lake Copais) in Boeotia. ↩

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Revision history3 revisions · last 28 Jul 2011
  1. Revised — David Whitehead
  2. augmented n.1; another keyword — David Whitehead
  3. added notes and more keywords — David Whitehead
  4. Translated — Catharine Roth

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