Σκιραφεῖον

casino, gaming-house

Translated by David Whitehead19 Dec 2000Vetting: high5 revisions

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[Meaning a] dicing-place.
[sc. So called] because the dice-players spent their time in Skiron, as Theopompus [sc. explains].¹

Greek original · Adler’s text

Σκιραφεῖον· κυβευτήριον. ἐπειδὴ διέτριβον Σκίρῳ οἱ κυβεύοντες, ὡς Θεόπομπος.

Betacode

*skirafei=on: kubeuth/rion. e)peidh\ die/tribon *ski/rw| oi( kubeu/ontes, w(s *qeo/pompos.

Notes (1)

From Harpokration s.v. skira/fia (neuter plural), glossing Dinarchus fr. XLVIII.7 Conomis.
1Theopompus FGrH 115 F228. For Skiron, on the road between Athens and Eleusis, see Pausanias 1.36.4, and sigma 623 below. ↩

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Revision history5 revisions · last 29 Dec 2013

29 Dec 2013Revised — David Whitehead
14 Jul 2011tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
9 May 2011another keyword — David Whitehead
20 Dec 2004more keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
19 Dec 2004set status — Catharine Roth
19 Dec 2000Translated — David Whitehead