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Headword:
*lu/keion
Adler number: lambda,801
Translated headword: Lykeion, Lyceum
Vetting Status: high
Translation: A gymnasium at
Athens, where before the war it seemed a good idea to to exercise[1] -- for prior to the sorties certain armed parades used to occur in the Lykeion, because of its proximity to the city, and displays of the men who were especially warlike.
*lu/keion: gumna/sion *)aqh/nhsin, o(/pou pro\ tou= pole/mou e)do/kei gumna/zesqai, pro\ ga\r tw=n e)co/dwn e)copli/seis tine\s e)gi/nonto e)n tw=| *lukei/w|, dia\ to\ parakei=sqai th=| po/lei, kai\ a)podei/ceis tw=n ma=llon polemikw=n a)ndrw=n.
Notes:
See also
lambda 802. The present entry derives from the
scholia to
Aristophanes,
Peace 356 (web address 1). For the Lykeion as a parade-ground cf.
Xenophon,
Hellenica 1.1.33.
[1] The phraseology is slightly different in the scholion:
e)do/koun rather than the Suda's
e)do/kei.
Web address 1
Keywords: athletics; chronology; comedy; definition; geography; history; military affairs
Translated by: David Whitehead on 13 July 2005@09:53:44.
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