Suda On Line
Search
|
Search results for alpha,1268 in Adler number:
Headword:
Althêphias
Adler number: alpha,1268
Translated headword: Althephian
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Meaning] the vine [of that name], [named] after a certain Althephos.[1] Also [sc. attested as the names of wines are] 'Anthedonian' and 'Hyperian', [named] after Hyperos and
Anthedon.[2] An oracle [says]: "drink wine on the lees, since you do not live in
Anthedon, or sacred Hypera, where you used to drink wine without lees".
Greek Original:Althêphias: hê ampelos, apo Althêphiou tinos. kai Anthêdonias kai Huperias, apo Huperou kai Anthêdonos. chrêsmos: pin' oinon trugian, epei ouk Anthêdona naieis, oud' hieran Huperan, hothi t' atrugon oinon epines.
Notes:
From
Athenaeus,
Deipnosophists 1.31B-C (1.56 Kaibel), drawing on the Aristotelian
Constitution of the Troezenians (fr. 596 Rose).
cf. (in brief)
alpha 2506 and
upsilon 292.
[1] Althephios (Ath.)
[2] Anthos (Ath.).
Keywords: aetiology; biography; definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; food; geography; religion
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 13 May 2000@15:39:59.
Vetted by:
No. of records found: 1
Page 1
End of search