Φελλεῖς

phelleis, rockies

Translated by David Whitehead8 Dec 2010Vetting: high3 revisions

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This is what Attic writers call stony places; [the sort] which are stony underneath but have a thin upper level of earth. There is also also a mountain of this name.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Φελλεῖς· οὕτω λέγουσιν οἱ Ἀττικοὶ τοὺς πετρώδεις τόπους· οἵτινές εἰσι πετρώδεις μὲν κάτωθεν, ἐπιπολῆς δὲ ὀλίγην ἔχουσι γῆν. ἔστι δὲ καὶ ὄρος οὕτω καλούμενον.

Betacode

*fellei=s: ou(/tw le/gousin oi( *)attikoi\ tou\s petrw/deis to/pous: oi(/tine/s ei)si petrw/deis me\n ka/twqen, e)pipolh=s de\ o)li/ghn e)/xousi gh=n. e)/sti de\ kai\ o)/ros ou(/tw kalou/menon.

Notes

From the scholia to Aristophanes, Acharnians 273 (web address 1); see already phi 189.

External resources

Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu

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φ189Φελλέαrockies[Meaning] stony places suitable for grazing goats, as Isaeus [says]. Also [sc. attested is] *felleu/s, a largely harsh and rocky place. Aristophanes [writes]: "so when [you will drive] the goats out of Phelleus, like…

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φ188Φελλάςphellas, phellos φ189Φελλέαrockies φ190Φελλεῖςphelleis, rockies φ191ΦέλλιοςPhellios, Phellius, Fellius φ192Φέλλοςcork-oak

Revision history3 revisions · last 9 Dec 2010

9 Dec 2010raised status — David Whitehead
9 Dec 2010added link — Catharine Roth
8 Dec 2010Set status — Elizabeth Vandiver
8 Dec 2010Translated — David Whitehead

Translation

Greek original · Adler’s text

Notes

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