Τριετηρίδες

triennials

Translated by David Whitehead19 May 2011Vetting: high4 revisions

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Translation

[sc. Festival] days among Bithynians, on which from daybreak continuous drinking-sessions used to occur, and in the gatherings every kind of spectacle was staged, and altogether Pergamum enjoyed great recreation.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Τριετηρίδες· ἡμέραι παρὰ Βιθυνοῖς, ἐν αἷς ἀφ' ἡμέρας πότοι συνεχεῖς ἐγίνοντο, καὶ παρὰ τὰς συνουσίας πᾶν γένος ἀκροαμάτων εἰσήγετο, καὶ καθόλου πολλήν τιν' εἶχε ῥᾳθυμίαν τὸ Πέργαμον.

Betacode
*triethri/des: h(me/rai para\ *biqunoi=s, e)n ai(=s a)f' h(me/ras po/toi sunexei=s e)gi/nonto, kai\ para\ ta\s sunousi/as pa=n ge/nos a)kroama/twn ei)sh/geto, kai\ kaqo/lou pollh/n tin' ei)=xe r(a|qumi/an to\ *pe/rgamon. 

Notes

  1. Material (transmitted, in Adler's view, via the Excerpta Constantini Porphyrogeniti) unidentifiable.
    For Pergamum see pi 1036.

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Revision history4 revisions · last 29 May 2016
  1. Revised — David Whitehead
  2. Revised — David Whitehead
  3. x-ref — David Whitehead
  4. cosmetics, status — Catharine Roth
  5. Translated — David Whitehead

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