Ὤστεια

Osteia, Ostia

Translated by David Whitehead5 Oct 2001Vetting: high5 revisions

4 words

Name of a city.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ὤστεια· ὄνομα πόλεως.

Betacode

*)/wsteia: o)/noma po/lews.

Notes

Chief port of Rome, at the mouth of the Tiber. See again omega 246, and generally OCD(4) 1052-3.
Ostia Antica site at web address 1.

External resources

Web address 1 ostia-antica.org

Linked from1 entry

ω246ὨστίαOstiaAncus Marcius when king of the Romans fortified a place near the remainders(?) and near the outflows of the river Tiber. On the shore itself he set up a city, which he named Ostia from the position; as Greeks might say,…

Neighbouring entries

ω242Ὡς Πυθώδε ἰέναι βουλόμενοι Βοιωτοὺς δίοδον αἰτούμεθαas wanting to go to Pytho we ask the Boeotians for safe passage ω243Ὥστ' ἐγὼ μὲν ἠλέησαso that I myself felt pity ω244ὬστειαOsteia, Ostia ω245Ὡς τὴν ἐν Ἄργει ἀσπίδα καθελώνlike one capturing the Aspis in Argos ω246ὨστίαOstia

Revision history5 revisions · last 5 Aug 2014

5 Aug 2014Revised — David Whitehead
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8 Sep 2002Revised — David Whitehead
5 Oct 2001Translated — David Whitehead