Πρὸς τῇ πυλίδι Ἑρμῆς
Hermes by the little gate
Translated by David Whitehead18 Dec 2000Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
Demosthenes in the [speech] Against Euergos [sc. uses the phrase].1 Philochorus says, concerning Hermes by the little gate, that when [the Athenians] had begun to fortify the Peiraieus the nine archons dedicated this and had it inscribed as follows: "when they had first [begun] to fortify, these men dedicated [this], in obedience to decisions of the council and the people".2
Greek original · Adler’s text
Πρὸς τῇ πυλίδι Ἑρμῆς· Δημοσθένης ἐν τῷ κατ' Εὐέργου. Φιλόχορός φησι περὶ τοῦ πρὸς τῇ πυλίδι Ἑρμοῦ, ὡς ἀρξάμενοι τειχίζειν τὸν Πειραιᾶ οἱ θʹ ἄρχοντες, τοῦτον ἀναθέντες ὑπέγραψαν οὕτως· πρῶτοι τειχίζειν οἵδ' ἀνέθηκαν, βουλῆς καὶ δήμου δόγμασι πειθόμενοι.
Betacode
*pro\s th=| puli/di *(ermh=s: *dhmosqe/nhs e)n tw=| kat' *eu)e/rgou. *filo/xoro/s fhsi peri\ tou= pro\s th=| puli/di *(ermou=, w(s a)rca/menoi teixi/zein to\n *peiraia= oi( q# a)/rxontes, tou=ton a)naqe/ntes u(pe/grayan ou(/tws: prw=toi teixi/zein oi(/d' a)ne/qhkan, boulh=s kai\ dh/mou do/gmasi peiqo/menoi.
Notes (2)
- From Harpokration (and Photius) s.v.
- 1Demosthenes 47.26 (web address 1). ↩
- 2Philochorus FGrH 328 F40, the dedication of a Herm near the City Gate to the Piraeus; cf. Page (406-407). ↩
References
Robert Garland, The Piraeus (London 1987) 166 with 223
D.L. Page, ed., Further Greek Epigrams, (Cambridge 1981)
D.L. Page, ed., Further Greek Epigrams, (Cambridge 1981)
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
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Revision history5 revisions · last 15 Jul 2023
- augmented n.2, added to bibliography — Ronald Allen
- Revised — David Whitehead
- cosmetics — David Whitehead
- more keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- cosmetics, link, status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — David Whitehead