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Headword:
Ôrôpia
Adler number: omega,204
Translated headword: Oropia
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Meaning] a territory [of that name].[1]
Demosthenes conceived a passion for rhetoric after seeing Kallistratos the rhetor speaking on behalf of [the] Oropians.[2]
Greek Original:Ôrôpia: chôra. ho de Dêmosthenês epethumêse rhêtorikês, Kallistraton theasamenos ton rhêtora huper Ôrôpiôn legonta.
Notes:
[1] Usually, in fact, called
Oropos (as in
omega 205); but for the form Oropia see e.g.
Thucydides 4.99.1. The territory was disputed, in classical times, between NE Attica and SE Boiotia.
[2] Quoted from
delta 454.
Reference:
OCD(4) under 'Callistratus(2)' and 'Oropos'
Keywords: biography; definition; geography; historiography; history; rhetoric
Translated by: David Whitehead on 7 December 2000@03:21:40.
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