Τραπεζοφόρος

table-bearer

Translated by David Whitehead21 Dec 2000Vetting: high7 revisions

2 notes · 39 words
Table-bearer [is] a name of a priestly office [sc. in Athens];1 and [it is stated] that both she and the kosmo2 jointly manage everything with the priestess of Athena -- as Lycurgus in the same speech has made clear.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Τραπεζοφόρος· ἱερωσύνης ὄνομα ἡ τραπεζοφόρος· καὶ ὅτι αὕτη τε καὶ ἡ κοσμὼ συνδιέπουσι πάντα τῇ τῆς Ἀθηνᾶς ἱερείᾳ· ὡς Λυκοῦργος ἐν τῷ αὐτῷ λόγῳ δεδήλωκε.

Betacode
*trapezofo/ros: i(erwsu/nhs o)/noma h( trapezofo/ros: kai\ o(/ti au(/th te kai\ h( kosmw\ sundie/pousi pa/nta th=| th=s *)aqhna=s i(erei/a|: w(s *lukou=rgos e)n tw=| au)tw=| lo/gw| dedh/lwke.

Notes (2)

  1. Lightly abbreviated from Harpokration s.v., which glosses Lycurgus fr. 47 Conomis (from the lost speech On the Priestess) and also cites Istros FGrH 334 F9 on the final point.
  2. 1Also called the trapezo. ↩
  3. 2The other assistant to the priestess of Athena. ↩

References


Robert Parker, Athenian Religion: a history (Oxford 1996) 290

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Revision history7 revisions · last 26 Sep 2022
  1. tweak and cosmetics — David Whitehead
  2. another note — Catharine Roth
  3. supplemented translation — Catharine Roth
  4. Revised — David Whitehead
  5. tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
  6. more keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
  7. added italics, set status — Catharine Roth
  8. Translated — David Whitehead

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