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Headword:
*salami=nos
Adler number: sigma,49
Translated headword: [battle] of Salamis
Vetting Status: high
Translation: After [sc. the battle of]
Marathon,
Salamis is mentioned, where there was a sea-battle with the Persians; at
Marathon a land-battle [had taken place].
Salamis lies a little way in front of the city of
Eleusis, sacred to Demeter and Kore, [and
Salamis was] full of Greek successes. For in this [battle] the Athenians fought many triremes of the Persians with only a small number [of their own], with
Themistocles as general. There is a shelf of rock there called
Eiresia ["Rowers"], as it was a trophy on account of its name. And there is also a rock called
Agelastos ["Gloomy"] amongst Athenians, where they say Theseus settled, intending to go down into Hades; whence the name. Or because Demeter sat there weeping, when she was searching for [Persephone] the maiden.
Aristophanes [writes]: "he does not care that you sit uncomfortably on those rocks. Not like me; I'm bringing you this [cushion] which I sewed myself. Get up and sit down on a soft seat, so that you don't chafe the [sc. backside which served] at
Salamis."[1]
*salami=nos: meta\ *maraqw=na *salami=nos me/mnhtai, o(/pou naumaxi/a *persw=n e)ge/neto, e)n *maraqw=ni de\ pezomaxi/a. kei=tai de\ h( *salami\s o)li/gon pro\ th=s *)eleusi=nos po/lews, i(era=s *dh/mhtros kai\ *ko/rhs, plh/rhs katorqwma/twn *(ellhnikw=n. kai\ ga\r e)n tau/th| polla\s tw=n *persw=n *)aqhnai=oi katenauma/xhsan trih/reis o)li/gw| a)riqmw=|, *qemistokle/ous strathgou=ntos. e)/nqa kai\ pe/tra e)sti\n *ei)resi/a ou(/tw kaloume/nh, w(/sper dia\ tou= o)no/matos tro/paion ou)=sa. e)/sti de\ kai\ *)age/lastos pe/tra kaloume/nh para\ toi=s *)aqhnai/ois, o(/pou kaqi/sai fasi\ *qhse/a me/llonta katabai/nein ei)s a(/|dou: o(/qen kai\ tou)/noma. h)\ o(/ti e)kei= e)kaqe/sqh h( *dhmh/tra klai/ousa, o(/te e)zh/tei th\n ko/rhn. *)aristofa/nhs: e)pi\ tai=s pe/trais ou) fronti/zei sklhrw=s kaqh/menon: ou)x w(/sper e)gw\ r(aya/meno/s soi touti\ fe/rw. a)ll' e)panai/rou, ka)=|ta kaqi/zou malakw=s, i(/na mh\ tribh=|s th\n e)n *salami=ni.
Notes:
From the
scholia to
Aristophanes,
Knights 785, where the phrase 'at
Salamis' occurs. See further n.1 below.
[1] (That is, sitting on hard benches, rowing triremes in the battle.)
Aristophanes,
Knights 783-5 (web address 1).
Green, Peter. The Greco-Persian Wars. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1996
Strauss, Barry S. The Battle of Salamis: The Naval Encounter That Saved Greece--and Western Civilization. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2004
Associated internet address:
Web address 1
Keywords: aetiology; biography; chronology; comedy; geography; history; medicine; military affairs; mythology
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 4 December 2000@20:06:56.
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