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Headword: *flegrai/as pedi/on
Adler number: phi,528
Translated headword: plain of Phlegraia, plain of Phlegraea
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
Thracian.[1] Aristophanes [writes]: "where [the gods] routed the boasting giants".
Greek Original:
*flegrai/as pedi/on: *qra|kiko/n. *)aristofa/nhs: i(/na per tou\s ghgenei=s a)lazoneuome/nous kaquperhko/ntisan.
Notes:
An approximation ('the gods' omitted, and it is they who are boasting) of Aristophanes, Birds 824-5 (web address 1), with scholion. Cf. kappa 132.
[1] Phlegra was the ancient name for Pallene, the western-most of the three "prongs" of Chalcidice (see under pi 78); in mythology, the giants were overthrown by the gods there.
Associated internet address:
Web address 1
Keywords: comedy; definition; geography; imagery; mythology
Translated by: David Whitehead on 26 October 2010@06:32:30.
Vetted by:
Catharine Roth (set status) on 27 October 2010@01:23:55.
David Whitehead (x-ref) on 27 October 2010@03:23:24.
Catharine Roth (added link, raised status) on 31 October 2010@01:05:43.
Catharine Roth (cross-reference) on 16 March 2019@00:37:06.

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