Θερμοπύλαι
Thermopylai, Thermopylae
Translated by D. Graham J. Shipley16 Apr 2001Vetting: high7 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Θερμοπύλαι· τόπος Ἀθήνησι οὕτω καλεόμενος ὑπὸ τῶν πλεόνων Ἑλλήνων, ὑπὸ δὲ τῶν ἐπιχωρίων περιοίκων Πύλαι.
Betacode
*qermopu/lai: to/pos *)aqh/nhsi ou(/tw kaleo/menos u(po\ tw=n pleo/nwn *(ellh/nwn, u(po\ de\ tw=n e)pixwri/wn perioi/kwn *pu/lai.
Notes (3)
- See also theta 249.
- 1Not, of course, in or even near Athens (so that word was deleted in the editio princeps) but on the east coast of central Greece, opposite the north end of Euboia (Barrington Atlas map 55 grid D3). Site of the famous defeat of the Greeks by the Persians in 480 BCE, when the three hundred Spartans under king Leonidas sacrificed their lives to allow the other Greeks to escape. See Perseus Encyclopedia entry at web address 1. ↩
- 2Simply 'the gates', as opposed to Thermopylai, 'the hot gates', so called from the hot springs nearby. ↩
- 3Herodotos 7.201.1 (web address 2). The Suda omits "and." ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
- Web address 2 perseus.tufts.edu
Linked from2 entries
- θ249ΘερμοπύλαιThermopylai, ThermopylaeSome call this city Pylai. But Philaias says that it is called Thermopylai, since Athena made hot baths for Herakles there.
- σ1713ΣφακτηρίαSphakteria, SphacteriaA narrow place in Lakonike, blocking and separating and fencing off the invasions from Thessaly and Lakedaimonia. Here too Leonidas, formerly king of [the] Lakedaimonians, ...
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Revision history7 revisions · last 21 Feb 2023
- added map reference n.1 — Ronald Allen
- tweaked translation and note — Catharine Roth
- upgraded link — Catharine Roth
- expanded note — David Whitehead
- another keyword; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- added note; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- added links and keywords — Catharine Roth
- Translated — D. Graham J. Shipley