Νικάτορις
Nikatoris, Nicatoris
Translated by D. Graham J. Shipley13 Oct 2000Vetting: high6 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Νικάτορις· πόλις Συρίας, κτίσμα Σελεύκου τοῦ Νικάτορος.
Betacode
*nika/toris: po/lis *suri/as, kti/sma *seleu/kou tou= *nika/toros.
Notes (1)
- Abbreviated from Stephanus of Byzantium s.v.
- 1Seleukos (Seleucus) I Nikator: one of Alexander's Successors, the first king of the Seleukid (Seleucid) dynasty; d. 281 BCE.
Nikatoris is the city also known as Amphipolis and Tourmeda on the Euphrates; Barrington Atlas map 67 grid G4; present-day Jebel Khaled in Syria. (There is another one at an unidentified site somewhere near Doura-Europos, but the former is probably intended.) ↩
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Revision history6 revisions · last 28 Jul 2011
- augmented note; another keyword — David Whitehead
- expanded correction — Nicholas Fincher
- corrected my own misidentification! — Nicholas Fincher
- cosmetics — David Whitehead
- added note — Nicholas Fincher
- added note and keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — D. Graham J. Shipley