Μηδικὴ πόα
Median grass, Persian grass, lucerne
Translated by David Whitehead27 Sep 2001Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
The so-called clover.1
"The so-called ancestral fund [sc. which originated] out of the Median [= Persian] Wars."2 At the time of the Median Wars there was a decree to the effect that each should contribute to the common funds according to ability. Aristeides listed these funds to give to the allies, if they were to fight the barbarians.
On the Median [= Persian] Empire see under "Assyrians."3
"The so-called ancestral fund [sc. which originated] out of the Median [= Persian] Wars."2 At the time of the Median Wars there was a decree to the effect that each should contribute to the common funds according to ability. Aristeides listed these funds to give to the allies, if they were to fight the barbarians.
On the Median [= Persian] Empire see under "Assyrians."3
Greek original · Adler’s text
Μηδικὴ πόα· ἡ τρίφυλλος λεγομένη. ἐκ τῶν Μηδικῶν τὸν λεγόμενον παπῷον ἔρανον. ἐγένετο ἐπὶ τῶν Μηδικῶν ψήφισμα, ὥστε ἕκαστον κατὰ δύναμιν συμβάλλεσθαι εἰς τὰ κοινὰ χρήματα. ταῦτα δὲ ἔταξεν Ἀριστείδης δοῦναι τοῖς συμμάχοις, εἰ τοῖς βαρβάροις πολεμοῖεν. ζήτει περὶ Μηδικῆς ἀρχῆς ἐν τῷ Ἀσσύριοι.
Betacode
*mhdikh\ po/a: h( tri/fullos legome/nh. e)k tw=n *mhdikw=n to\n lego/menon papw=|on e)/ranon. e)ge/neto e)pi\ tw=n *mhdikw=n yh/fisma, w(/ste e(/kaston kata\ du/namin sumba/llesqai ei)s ta\ koina\ xrh/mata. tau=ta de\ e)/tacen *)aristei/dhs dou=nai toi=s summa/xois, ei) toi=s barba/rois polemoi=en. zh/tei peri\ *mhdikh=s a)rxh=s e)n tw=| *)assu/rioi.
Notes (3)
- 1From the scholia to Aristophanes, Knights 606, where the headword phrase occurs. On lucerne (Medicago sativa), used in antiquity mainly as fodder for horses, see generally Sallares 303 and index s.v. ↩
- 2A paraphrase of Aristophanes, Lysistrata 653 (web address 1); it prompted the scholiast (the source of the information given here) to summarize the foundation, in 478/7, of what became the Athenian Empire. See again at pi 266. (For Aristeides see generally alpha 3903.) It is not clear whether this material has been included in the present entry simply because of the Median connection, or on the (mistaken) basis that
po/a has an etymological link withpappw=|os . ↩ - 3alpha 4289. ↩
References
J.R. Sallares, The Ecology of the Ancient Greek World (London 1991)
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Neighbouring entries
Revision history5 revisions · last 26 Aug 2020
- cosmeticule — Catharine Roth
- more keywords; tweaks — David Whitehead
- Cosmetics — Elizabeth Vandiver
- more keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- cosmetics, added link, set status — William Hutton
- Translated — David Whitehead