Σάμου ὑληέσσης

of wooded Samos

Translated by David Whitehead14 Sep 2010Vetting: high5 revisions

2 notes · 19 words

We never as a rule say Samothrake, but separately;¹ just as "in a high polis" [means] on the akropolis.¹

Greek original · Adler’s text

Σάμου ὑληέσσης· οὐδέποτε κατὰ τὴν συνήθειαν λέγομεν Σαμοθρᾴκην, ἀλλὰ διαλελυμένως· ὥσπερ ἐν πόλει ἄκρῃ, τῇ ἀκροπόλει.

Betacode

*sa/mou u(lhe/sshs: ou)de/pote kata\ th\n sunh/qeian le/gomen *samoqra/|khn, a)lla\ dialelume/nws: w(/sper e)n po/lei a)/krh|, th=| a)kropo/lei.

Notes (2)

1(i.e. literally Thracian Samos. This also occurs in the Homeric Hymns (3.24); and in Homer, Iliad 24.78 & 753 Samothrake is called simply Samos.) cf. the scholia to Homer, Iliad 13.12, where (12-13) *sa/mou u(lhe/sshs | *qrhi+ki/hs occurs (web address 1). For Samothrake, cf. sigma 79 (and under alpha 1164, alpha 1853, upsilon 126). ↩
2cf. the scholia to Homer, Iliad 6.88, where this phrase occurs (web address 2). ↩

External resources

Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Web address 2 perseus.tufts.edu

Neighbouring entries

σ79ΣαμοθρᾴκηSamothrake, Samothrace σ80ΣαμουήλSamuel σ81Σάμου ὑληέσσηςof wooded Samos σ82Σαμόσατα πόλιςSamosata city σ83ΣαμωνᾶςSamonas, Shamuna

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