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Headword:
Chôma
Adler number: chi,426
Translated headword: mound
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Meaning an] elevation of earth, which enemies used to build against the walls in their sieges.[1]
"As Trajan came into Babylon, he encountered a rather large mound which Semiramis was said to have constructed. It was 25 feet high, about 50 feet wide, and 200 stades long, and it indicated the strength of the city."[2]
Greek Original:Chôma: hupsôma gês, hoper hoi polemioi en tais poliorkiais eiôthasi proschoun ta teichê. Traïanos eis Babulôna aphikomenos entunchanei chômati megistôi, hoper chôsai elegeto Semiramis. ên de autou to men hupsos podôn e# kai k#, to de euros es n#, kata mêkos epeiche stadious s1#, katêgorei de tên dunamin tês poleôs.
Notes:
[1] =
Synagoge chi139; cf.
chi 427,
Hesychius chi862, and (according to Adler)
Lexicon Ambrosianum 432.
[2] Arrian,
Parthica fr. 74; possibly to be equated with the
xw/mata described by
Herodotus 1.184.1 (web address 1). See also How and Wells' commentary ad. loc. (web address 2).
Web address 1,
Web address 2
Keywords: biography; definition; geography; historiography; history; military affairs; science and technology; women
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 3 April 2008@00:40:31.
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