Ῥύκου κριθοπομπία
Rhykos' barley-consignment
Translated by David Whitehead18 Dec 2002Vetting: high7 revisions
Translation
Eratosthenes in his ninth [book]1 says that this king became a captive, and after returning to his own [land]2 he despatched barley to the city of Athens.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ῥύκου κριθοπομπία· Ἐρατοσθένης ἐν τῷ ἐνάτῳ φησὶ βασιλέα τοῦτον αἰχμάλωτον γενόμενον, εἶτα ὑποστρέψαντα εἰς ἑαυτόν, τῇ πόλει Ἀθηναίων κριθὴν ἐκπέμψαι.
Betacode
*(ru/kou kriqopompi/a: *)eratosqe/nhs e)n tw=| e)na/tw| fhsi\ basile/a tou=ton ai)xma/lwton geno/menon, ei)=ta u(postre/yanta ei)s e(auto/n, th=| po/lei *)aqhnai/wn kriqh\n e)kpe/myai.
Notes (2)
- The headword phrase is Comica adespota fr. 290 Kock, now 419 K.-A..
- 1FGrH 241 F25. Hesychius' version [rho430] gives the name as Rhoikos and makes him king of Amathous (alpha 1473) in Cyprus. ↩
- 2The transmitted text says 'returning to himself', but this is easily corrected (with Jacoby). ↩
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