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Headword:
Aphetêria
Adler number: alpha,4592
Translated headword: starting-line
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Meaning] a beginning, a gate of the horse-track.[1]
But [sc. differently accented] a)feth/ria o)/rgana ["throwing machines"] [are] for sieges. "The throwing machines he stations at intervals upon the wall."[2]
Greek Original:Aphetêria: archê, thura tou hippodromiou. Aphetêria de organa, ta poliorkêtika. ta de aphetêria organa diïstêsin epi tou teichous.
Notes:
cf.
iota 526.
[1] Likewise or similarly in other lexica.
[2] Quotation not identified by Adler but identifiable via the TLG as
Josephus,
Jewish War 5.267. See on this Theodoridis'
Photius edition, vol.II p.LXXXIII.
Keywords: athletics; biography; definition; historiography; history; imagery; military affairs; science and technology; zoology
Translated by: William Hutton on 20 November 2000@23:54:08.
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