Πόλις

city

Translated by David Whitehead27 Oct 2003Vetting: high6 revisions

11 words

A kind of game. And a proverb: 'we are playing cities'.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Πόλις· εἶδος παιδιᾶς. καὶ παροιμία· Πόλεις παίζομεν.

Betacode

*po/lis: ei)=dos paidia=s. kai\ paroimi/a: *po/leis pai/zomen.

Notes

cf. the scholia to Plato, Republic 422E, where mention is made of such a game (web address 1). For the actual phrase 'we are playing cities' cf. [Plutarch], Proverbs which the Alexandrians used 1.14.

External resources

Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu

Linked from2 entries

Neighbouring entries

π1909ΠολίοχοςPoliochos π1910Πολιούχοιςcity-guarding π1911Πόλιςcity π1912Πόλιςcity π1913ΠόλλιςPollis

Revision history6 revisions · last 20 Jul 2023

20 Jul 2023cosmeticule — Catharine Roth
8 Oct 2013Revised — David Whitehead
24 Oct 2011expanded note — David Whitehead
16 Sep 2011fixed link, added keyword — Catharine Roth
17 May 2004augmented note — David Whitehead
17 May 2004added link, set status — Catharine Roth
27 Oct 2003Translated — David Whitehead