Θεωρίς

Theoris

Translated by David Whitehead27 Nov 2000Vetting: high5 revisions

2 notes · 26 words
Demosthenes in the [speech] - if genuine - Against Aristogeiton [sc. mentions her].1 Theoris was a soothsayer and she died after being judged [guilty] of impiety.2

Greek original · Adler’s text

Θεωρίς· Δημοσθένης ἐν τῷ κατὰ Ἀριστογείτονος, εἰ γνήσιος. μάντις ἦν ἡ Θεωρὶς καὶ ἀσεβείας κριθεῖσα ἀπέθανεν.

Betacode
*qewri/s: *dhmosqe/nhs e)n tw=| kata\ *)aristogei/tonos, ei) gnh/sios. ma/ntis h)=n h( *qewri\s kai\ a)sebei/as kriqei=sa a)pe/qanen.

Notes (2)

  1. From Harpokration s.v.
  2. 1Demosthenes 25.79. ↩
  3. 2Harpokration s.v. cites Philochorus (FGrH 328 F60) for this. ↩

References


Phillip Harding, The Story of Athens: the fragments of the local chronicles of Attika (London & New York) 165-166

Neighbouring entries

θ220Θεωρικὸνtheoric paymentθ221Θεωρίςtheoris, [ship] of the sacred envoysθ222ΘεωρίςTheorisθ223Θεωροδόκοςtheorodokosθ224ΘέωροςTheoros, Theorus
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