Πορθμός
Porthmos, Porthmus
Translated by David Whitehead17 Dec 2000Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Πορθμός· Δημοσθένης ὑπὲρ Κτησιφῶντος. πόλις ἐστὶ τῆς Εὐβοίας.
Betacode
*porqmo/s: *dhmosqe/nhs u(pe\r *kthsifw=ntos. po/lis e)sti\ th=s *eu)boi/as.
Notes (1)
- = Harpokration (and Photius) s.v.
Barrington Atlas map 59 grid D1; M.H. Hansen & T.H. Nielsen, An Inventory of Archaic and Classical Poleis (Oxford 2004) 646 ('a fortified settlement ... situated in the territory of Eretria'). - 1Demosthenes 18.71 (web address 1). ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Linked from2 entries
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- π2075Πορθμόςstrait[Meaning] a crossing, a sea with land on both sides. For an isthmus is a narrow stretch of land having sea on either side, but a strait is sea that is confined by land. "There are twin straits, the one on the Hellespont…
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