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*)orto/briga
Adler number: omicron,641
Translated headword: Ortobriga
Vetting Status: high
Translation: A city.[1]
"He saw the city of Ortobriga, which had the reputation of being very substantial in respect of its size and the number of its people".[2]
Greek Original:*)orto/briga: po/lis. ei)=de po/lin *)orto/briga dokou=san kata\ to\ me/geqos kai\ to\ plh=qos tw=n a)nqrw/pwn e)mbriqesta/thn ei)=nai.
Notes:
[1] Attested only here, and of unknown location (but perhaps Iberian: cf. Segobriga in
Strabo 3.4.13).
[2]
Polybius fr.134 B-W; quoted here from
epsilon 959, which -- surely correctly -- has 'he took' (
ei(=le) rather than 'he saw' (
ei)=de).
Translated by: David Whitehead on 8 June 2004@06:35:38.
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