Πύκνη

Pykne, Pnyx

Translated by David Whitehead18 Dec 2000Vetting: high4 revisions

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The Athenian assembly[-place] used to be called this. Clidemus maintains that it acquired the name Pykna through the dwellings [there] being packed tight [puknoume/nhn].¹

Greek original · Adler’s text

Πύκνη· ἡ τῶν Ἀθηναίων ἐκκλησία οὕτως ἐκαλεῖτο. Κλείδημος δέ φησι Πυκνὰν ὀνομασθῆναι διὰ τὸ τὴν συνοίκησιν πυκνουμένην εἶναι.

Betacode

*pu/knh: h( tw=n *)aqhnai/wn e)kklhsi/a ou(/tws e)kalei=to. *klei/dhmos de/ fhsi *pukna\n o)nomasqh=nai dia\ to\ th\n sunoi/khsin puknoume/nhn ei)=nai.

Notes (1)

Cf. already pi 1836, and again pi 3152. For possibly related words see also all the other entries between pi 3142 and pi 3155, inclusive. The present entry is abbreviated from Harpokration s.v. *pukni/, glossing Hyperides fr. 182 Jensen.
1Clidemus FGrH 323 F7. ↩

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17 Sep 2013augmented note — William Hutton
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27 Nov 2003augmented notes and keywords — David Whitehead
27 Nov 2003upped status, betacode — Ross Scaife ✝
18 Dec 2000Translated — David Whitehead

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