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Harma
Adler number: alpha,3963
Translated headword: Harma
Vetting Status: high
Translation: A place in Attica. And [there is] a proverb: "whenever [lightning] flashes through Harma." In reference to things which take a long time to happen.
Greek Original:Harma: topos tês Attikês. kai paroimia: hotan di' Harmatos astrapsêi. epi tôn chroniôs ginomenôn.
Note:
Harma, in the mountains between Attica and Boiotia (
Strabo 9.2.11 calls it "in Boiotia"), was a place where lightning-omens were watched for; the proverb from it (besides
Strabo loc.cit. see
Plutarch,
Moralia 679C) thus meant seldom if ever.
Keywords: daily life; definition; geography; proverbs; religion
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 29 July 2001@08:38:06.
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