Ναπάται
Napatai, Napatae, Napata
Translated by David Whitehead8 Dec 2000Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
A city of Libya near Ethiopia. The citizen [sc. of it is called a] Napataian.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ναπάται· πόλις Λιβύης πρὸς τῇ Αἰθιοπίᾳ. ὁ πολίτης Ναπαταῖος.
Betacode
*napa/tai: po/lis *libu/hs pro\s th=| *ai)qiopi/a|. o( poli/ths *napatai=os.
Notes
- An abridged version of Stephanus of Byzantium s.v. Napatai. "Libya" is used here in its ancient sense (i.e. that part of Africa lying between the Nile and the Atlantic). In modern terms Napata (the version of the name found in Strabo 17.1.54 and Ptolemy 8.16.8, 4.7.19) was in the Sudan: Barrington Atlas map 82 grid B3.
This entry and the two that follow it, nu 31 and nu 32 (both of these also derived from Stephanus), are not present in mss AFV but are written as marginalia in ms M.
Linked from4 entries
- ν31ΝάπηNapeA city of Lesbos. Hence [sc. comes the term] Napaian Apollo. There are also Mainland Napaians.
- ν32ΝάπιςNapisA city of Skythia.
- ν39ΝαρμαλίςNarmalisA city of Pisidia, [sc. accentuated] like Kabalis.
- ν67ΝαυπλίαNaupliaA city of Argos [Myth, Place]. [sc. Its name comes] from its being accessible [prosplei=sqai] to ships [nau=si]. The citizens [are] Nauplieis.
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Revision history4 revisions · last 28 Jul 2011
- cosmetics — David Whitehead
- augmented note; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- another keyword — David Whitehead
- cosmetics, augemented note, added keyword, set status — William Hutton
- Translated — David Whitehead