Οἴτη
Oite, Oita
Translated by David Whitehead11 May 2001Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
Name of a mountain in Lakedaimonia. Also [sc. attested is] Oitaian, [the adjective] from the same mountain.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Οἴτη· ὄνομα ὄρους ἐν Λακεδαιμονίᾳ. καὶ Οἰταῖος, ἀπὸ τοῦ αὐτοῦ ὄρους.
Betacode
*oi)/th: o)/noma o)/rous e)n *lakedaimoni/a|. kai\ *oi)tai=os, a)po\ tou= au)tou= o)/rous.
Notes
- "Lakedaimonia" is textually sound but must nevertheless, as Gaisford noted, represent an inherited textual corruption. Mt Oita is in central Greece, at the intersection of Ainis, Doris and Malis. (Stephanus of Byzantium s.v.: "Oite, a mountain near Trachis.") The fact that Doris was the purported homeland of the Lakedaimonioi (Spartans) may lie at the heart of the problem.
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Revision history3 revisions · last 25 Jul 2011
- tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
- augmented note; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Changed status to low — Patrick T. Rourke
- Translated — David Whitehead