Φαιστός

Phaistos, Phaestus

Translated by David Whitehead15 Nov 2001Vetting: high3 revisions

3 notes · 37 words
A city of Crete.1
Homer [says]: "into Phaistos, [where only] a small rock keeps away a great wave".2 For a certain Maleos brought this rock and dedicated it to Poseidon, to prevent the waves crashing against Phaistos.3

Greek original · Adler’s text

Φαιστός· πόλις Κρήτης. Ὅμηρος· ἐς Φαιστόν, μικρὸς δὲ λίθος μέγα κῦμ' ἀποέργει. Μάλεος γάρ τις τελέσας τὸν λίθον τοῦτον ἀνιέρωσε τῷ Ποσειδῶνι, πρὸς τῷ μὴ τὰ κύματα προσπελάζειν τῇ Φαιστῷ.

Betacode
*faisto/s: po/lis *krh/ths. *(/omhros: e)s *faisto/n, mikro\s de\ li/qos me/ga ku=m' a)poe/rgei. *ma/leos ga/r tis tele/sas to\n li/qon tou=ton a)nie/rwse tw=| *poseidw=ni, pro\s tw=| mh\ ta\ ku/mata prospela/zein th=| *faistw=|.

Notes (3)

  1. 1Near its S coast. Strabo 10.4.14; Stephanus of Byzantium, s.v.; and see already phi 181. ↩
  2. 2Homer, Odyssey 3.296. ↩
  3. 3Repeated at mu 101. ↩

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Revision history3 revisions · last 9 Aug 2011
  1. x-ref; more keywords — David Whitehead
  2. Revised — Catharine Roth
  3. Revised — David Whitehead
  4. Translated — David Whitehead

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