Ζωμάλμη
Zomalme
Translated by A. G. Kozak10 Oct 1999Vetting: high7 revisions
Translation
A proper name. She was Thasian.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ζωμάλμη· ὄνομα κύριον. ἦν δὲ Θασία.
Betacode
*zwma/lmh: o)/noma ku/rion. h)=n de\ *qasi/a.
Notes
- See more fully under theta 58, stemming from ancient comment on Aristophanes, Acharnians line 671, where a celebratory meal including a Thasian dish is being prepared. The present entry (repeated in ps.-Zonaras) misunderstands the point that the headword is, or might be, a food item -- brine-soup -- and conjures a woman's name out of the (lower-case) phrase
zwmo\n a(/lmhs . Relevant LSJ entries at web addresses 1-4.
For the N.-Aegean island of Thasos, see generally OCD(4) s.v. (p.1449).
References
James Davidson, Courtesans and Fishcakes: the consuming passions of classical Athens (London 1997)
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
- Web address 2 perseus.tufts.edu
- Web address 3 perseus.tufts.edu
- Web address 4 perseus.tufts.edu
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Revision history7 revisions · last 2 Aug 2014
- updated a ref — David Whitehead
- tweaked links — Catharine Roth
- Revised — David Whitehead
- modified hw and tr; augmented notes and keywords — David Whitehead
- cosmetics — Catharine Roth
- modified headword,translation and note; added bibliography — David Whitehead
- Revised — Shannon N. Byrne
- Translated — A. G. Kozak