Ὀλυμπιάς

Olympiad

Translated by Catharine Roth28 Nov 2009Vetting: high2 revisions

2 notes · 51 words
This is what the Greeks call the competition held every four years, because of the day which comes from the three seasons of the year in each four-year period of the cycles of the sun.1
The first Olympiad was established in the time of Solomon, for a (?)universal festival of Zeus.2

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ὀλυμπιάς· οὕτω καλεῖται παρ' Ἕλλησιν ὁ κατὰ τέσσαρα ἔτη συντελούμενος ἀγών, διὰ τὴν κατὰ τετραετίαν τῶν τοῦ ἡλίου δρόμων ἐκ τῶν κατ' ἔτος ὡρῶν τριῶν συντελουμένην ἡμέραν. ἐτέθη δὲ πρώτη Ὀλυμπιὰς ἐπὶ Σολομῶντος, εἰς ἑορτὴν κοσμικὴν τοῦ Διός.

Betacode
*)olumpia/s: ou(/tw kalei=tai par' *(/ellhsin o( kata\ te/ssara e)/th suntelou/menos a)gw/n, dia\ th\n kata\ tetraeti/an tw=n tou= h(li/ou dro/mwn e)k tw=n kat' e)/tos w(rw=n triw=n sunteloume/nhn h(me/ran. e)te/qh de\ prw/th *)olumpia\s e)pi\ *solomw=ntos, ei)s e(orth\n kosmikh\n tou= *dio/s.

Notes (2)

  1. See also omicron 215.
  2. 1George the Monk, Chronicon 306.8-11. It is far from clear what he means, especially by 'three' seasons; perhaps the number is corrupt. ↩
  3. 2Source unknown. (For Solomon see sigma 772, sigma 773, sigma 774. The traditional date of the first Olympiad is 776 BCE, considerably later than any plausible date for Solomon.) ↩

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Revision history2 revisions · last 25 Jun 2013
  1. another keyword; cosmetics — David Whitehead
  2. augmented notes; another keyword; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
  3. Translated — Catharine Roth

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