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Headword: Battou silphion
Adler number: beta,186
Translated headword: Battos' silphium, Battus' silphium
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to those receiving rare honors. For the Cyrenaeans gave a special silphium to one of the Battoi, and on one side of the coin they stamped [a picture of] Ammon,[1] on the other [a picture of] silphium. The Ampeliotae in Libya dedicated a stalk of silphium at Delphi.
Greek Original:
Battou silphion: epi tôn spanious timas lambanontôn. hoi gar Kurênaioi heni tôn Battôn exaireton edosan to silphion, kai tou nomismatos epi men thaterou Ammôna, epi de thaterou silphion etupôsan. hoi de epi Libuês Ampeliôtai eis Delphous anethesan kaulon silphiou.
Notes:
For the headword phrase, from Aristophanes, see also beta 187. Its afterlife as a proverb generated other glosses besides the one given here; see e.g. Appendix Proverbiorum 1.50, Apostolius 15.49.
See also beta 185 (for Battos), sigma 422, sigma 423.
[1] For Ammon see generally alpha 1638.
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Translated by: Craig Gibson on 20 June 2002@15:52:34.
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