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Headword:
Lêmnion
pur
Adler number: lambda,449
Translated headword: Lemnian fire
Vetting Status: high
Translation: There is a particular[ly] harsh exhalation/vapour of fire in
Lemnos.
Greek Original:Lêmnion pur: estin anaphora en Lêmnôi puros chalepê tis.
Notes:
Same entry in
Photius lambda270 Theodoridis. This is (non-scholiastic) comment on the proverbial phrase 'Lemnian fire' which occurs in
Aristophanes,
Lysistrata 299.
For
Lemnos cf.
lambda 448 and the other cross-references there.
Keywords: comedy; daily life; definition; geography; mythology; proverbs; science and technology
Translated by: David Whitehead on 14 June 2007@05:48:21.
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