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Headword: *)astudro/mia
Adler number: alpha,4266
Translated headword: astydromia, town-running
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
Among Libyans [this is] like a birthday-celebration of the city, and a Theodaisia festival,[1] in which they used to honor Dionysus and the Nymphs; it seems to me they are hinting at both unmixed [wine] and the good mixture.[2]
Greek Original:
*)astudro/mia: para\ *li/busin oi(onei\ th=s po/lews gene/qlia, kai\ *qeodai/sia e(orth\, e)n h(=| e)ti/mwn *dio/nuson kai\ ta\s *nu/mfas: e)moi\ dokei=n, nhfa/lio/n te kai\ th\n a)gaqh\n kra=sin ai)nitto/menoi.
Notes:
The headword, a feminine noun, occurs only here (and is not in LSJ), though cf. the cognate verb in Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes 220-1: ta/nd a)studromoume/nan po/lin, literally "this city with people running through the town".
[1] The Theodaisia was an alternative name, attested in Crete and Rhodes, for the Dionysia: see LSJ s.v.
[2] The nature of these hints is unclear.
Keywords: daily life; definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; food; geography; religion
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 7 February 2002@14:19:04.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (added notes and keywords; cosmetics) on 8 February 2002@03:41:36.
David Whitehead (expanded primary note; more keywords; tweaking) on 26 April 2012@04:50:57.

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