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Headword:
*)epime/leon
Adler number: epsilon,2462
Translated headword: interesting, of interest
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Meaning something] worth worrying about.[1]
Herodotos [writes]: "as the woman passed by, she became interesting to Dareios [...] and since it was of interest to him, he sent some of his attendants to learn what the woman was doing with the horse."[2]
Greek Original:*)epime/leon: fronti/dos a)/cion. *(hro/dotos: w(s de\ parech/|ei h( gunh/, e)pime/leon tw=| *darei/w| e)ge/neto. e)pimele\s de\ w(/s oi( e)ge/neto, pe/mpei tw=n dorufo/rwn tina\s gnw=nai, o(/ ti xrh/saito tw=| i(/ppw| h( gunh/.
Notes:
[1] The headword is presumably extracted from the quotation given (though the mss of
Herodotus himself -- see next note -- have
e)pimele/s twice).
[2]
Herodotus 5.12.3 (web address 1), here abridged and slightly reworded.
Associated internet address:
Web address 1
Keywords: biography; definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; gender and sexuality; geography; historiography; history; women; zoology
Translated by: William Hutton on 24 November 2007@06:59:35.
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