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Headword:
*maraqw/n
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]
*maraqw/n: to/pos *)aqh/nhsin: a)po\ *mara/qou, ui(ou= *)apo/llwnos. tou=ton *kalli/maxos e)nno/tion le/gei, toute/stin e)/nudron. kai\ *maraqw/nion e)/rgon. kai\ *maraqwnoma/xai, sfenda/mninoi. zh/tei peri\ *maraqw=nos e)n tw=| diecifi/sw.
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.
Web address 1
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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