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Headword: Marathôn
Adler number: mu,177
Translated headword: Marathon
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
A place in Athens;[1] [named] from Marathos, a son of Apollo.
Callimachus calls this [place] moist, that is, watery.[2] Also [sc. attested is the phrase] "Marathonian task".[3]
Also [sc. attested is] "Marathon-fighters, stout-hearted".[4] Look, concerning [sc. the battle of] Marathon, under "diecifi/sw".[5]
Greek Original:
Marathôn: topos Athênêsin: apo Marathou, huiou Apollônos. touton Kallimachos ennotion legei, toutestin enudron. kai Marathônion ergon. kai Marathônomachai, sphendamninoi. zêtei peri Marathônos en tôi diexiphisô.
Notes:
[1] In NE Attica, in fact, near present-day Vrana. For Marathon as an Attic deme (of the tribe Aiantis) see J.S. Traill, The Political Organization of Attica (Princeton 1975) 53; D. Whitehead, The Demes of Attica (Princeton 1986) index s.v.
[2] Callimachus, Hecale fr. 260 Pfeiffer.
[3] Apparently a proverbial or quasi-proverbial phrase: see e.g. Plutarch, Flamininus 11.6.
[4] Aristophanes, Acharnians 181 (web address 1); from alpha 4343.
[5] delta 929.
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Keywords: aetiology; comedy; daily life; definition; ethics; geography; history; military affairs; mythology; poetry; proverbs
Translated by: David Whitehead on 1 October 2000@08:59:42.
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