Περγασῆθεν
from Pergase
Translated by David Whitehead27 Sep 2000Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
Pergase [is] a deme of [sc. the Athenian tribe] Erechtheis. They say, however, that there are two ways of speaking of the demesman: both *pergaseu/s ["Pergasian"] and *pergash=qen ["[a man] from Pergase"].
Greek original · Adler’s text
Περγασῆθεν· δῆμος ἡ Περγασὴ τῆς Ἐρεχθηΐδος. τὸν μέντοι δημότην διχῶς λέγεσθαί φασι, Περγασέα τε καὶ Περγασῆθεν.
Betacode
*pergash=qen: dh=mos h( *pergash\ th=s *)erexqhi/+dos. to\n me/ntoi dhmo/thn dixw=s le/gesqai/ fasi, *pergase/a te kai\ *pergash=qen.
Notes
- Abridged from Harpokration s.v., commenting on Isaeus fr. 95 Sauppe.
Upper and Lower Pergase were both near present-day Chelidonou. See Traill, 38 (with 126) and Whitehead, index s.v.
References
J.S. Traill, The Political Organization of Attica (Princeton 1975)
D. Whitehead, The Demes of Attica (Princeton 1986)
D. Whitehead, The Demes of Attica (Princeton 1986)
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Revision history4 revisions · last 23 Sep 2013
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- modified headword, cosmetics, added keyword set status — William Hutton
- Translated — David Whitehead