Πύλη

gate

Translated by David Whitehead28 Jun 2001Vetting: high6 revisions

15 words

Used of a wall in Thucydides; but in a house [it would be] a 'door'.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Πύλη· ἐπὶ τείχους παρὰ Θουκυδίδῃ· θύρα δὲ ἐπὶ οἴκου.

Betacode

*pu/lh: e)pi\ tei/xous para\ *qoukudi/dh|: qu/ra de\ e)pi\ oi)/kou.

Notes

From the scholia to Thucydides 2.4.5 (web address 1): endeavouring to escape from Plataiai in 431 BCE, Theban troops mistake the doors of a large building for the city gates and are trapped.

External resources

Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu

Neighbouring entries

π3166Πυλεῶνοςof a gate, of a gateway π3167ΠύλιοςPylian π3168Πύληgate π3169Πύλη ἱππήλατοςequestrian gate π3170Πύλῳ[in a] gateway

Revision history6 revisions · last 23 Oct 2013

23 Oct 2013Revised — David Whitehead
1 Dec 2011Revised — David Whitehead
17 May 2011tweaked tr — David Whitehead
19 Apr 2010another keyword; tweaks — David Whitehead
17 Sep 2002added keyword — David Whitehead
2 Jul 2001added link — Catharine Roth
28 Jun 2001Translated — David Whitehead