Νότιον

Notion, Notium

Translated by David Whitehead11 Dec 2000Vetting: high4 revisions

2 notes · 27 words

A place lying in front of the city of Kolophon.¹
But notion [sc. is also] a point of the compass, the one pointing towards the south [notos].²

Greek original · Adler’s text

Νότιον· χωρίον προκείμενον τῆς Κολοφωνίων πόλεως. Νότιον δὲ κλῖμα, τὸ πρὸς νότον κείμενον.

Betacode

*no/tion: xwri/on prokei/menon th=s *kolofwni/wn po/lews. *no/tion de\ kli=ma, to\ pro\s no/ton kei/menon.

1On the Ionian coast north of Ephesos (Barrington Atlas map 57 grid F3); site of a sea-battle in 407 BCE. This part of the entry comes from Harpokration s.v., commenting on Lysias fr. 166 Sauppe (now 219 Carey OCT) and citing Theopompus FGrH 115 F118 for the information given. ↩
2Thus Notion = Southport. ↩

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