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Headword: *qermopu/lai
Adler number: theta,249
Translated headword: Thermopylai, Thermopylae
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
Some call this city Pylai. But Philaias[1] says that it is called Thermopylai, since Athena made hot baths for Herakles there.
Greek Original:
*qermopu/lai: e)/nioi me\n th\n po/lin tau/thn *pu/las kalou=si. *filai/as de\ *qermopu/las le/gei kalei=sqai, e)pei\ e)kei= h( *)aqhna= qerma\ loutra\ *(hraklei= e)poi/hsen.
Notes:
In the Greek the distinction is between Gates and Hot Gates.
cf. theta 248.
[1] Philaias is cited -- as 'Phileas' (sc. of Athens) -- by the Suda's source here, Harpokration s.v. Thermopylai (an entry generated by Isocrates 4.90), as the author of a Journey Round The World See also phi 306.
Keywords: aetiology; geography; historiography; mythology; rhetoric
Translated by: David Whitehead on 27 November 2000@06:21:57.
Vetted by:
Catharine Roth (cosmetics, cross-reference) on 30 November 2002@20:23:00.
David Whitehead (another keyword) on 22 July 2004@03:53:26.
David Whitehead (tweaks) on 10 July 2011@07:45:12.
David Whitehead (expanded n.2) on 16 February 2023@03:55:59.
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