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Headword:
Aulê
Adler number: alpha,4437
Translated headword: court
Vetting Status: high
Translation: That which is now called the town hall; where they used to bring the condemned. And those who worked there were called 'court attendants'. And [sc. there is] a proverb: "you would say the three things that are by the court."[1]
And elsewhere: "for which reasons, fearing all that were in the court, and most of all Philip, he accordingly made his departure."[2]
Also [sc. attested is] 'court' [in the sense of] the dwelling of the king.
Greek Original:Aulê: to nun archeion legomenon: hopou apêgonto hoi katakritoi. kai tous ekeise hupêretas aulikous ônomazon. kai paroimia: Eipois ta tria ta para têi aulêi. kai authis: ex hôn hapantas dediôs tous peri tên aulên, malista de ton Philippon, houtô pepoiêsthai tên apochôrêsin. kai Aulê, hê tou basileôs oikia.
Notes:
[1] See
epsiloniota 175 and
tau 154: three wishes (besides their fill of food and drink) allowed to men on their way to execution.
[2] Quotation unidentifiable. (Adler suggested
Polybius.)
Keywords: architecture; biography; daily life; definition; historiography; history; law; proverbs
Translated by: William Hutton on 24 March 2002@13:55:18.
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