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Headword: Ἀγορά
Adler number: alpha,299
Translated headword: assembly, market-place
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
The assembly, whence Nestor [is] an ἀγορητής [assembly-man];[1] also the place where the wares are sold, and the wares themselves.
Greek Original:
Ἀγορά: ἡ ἐκκλησία, ὅθεν ὁ Νέστωρ ἀγορητής: καὶ ὁ τόπος, ἔνθα πιπράσκεται τὰ ὤνια, καὶ αὐτὰ τὰ ὤνια.
Notes:
From the scholia to Aristophanes, Acharnians 21, where the phrase 'in the agora' occurs (web address 1).
For the various senses of ἀγορά , see LSJ entry at web address 2.
[1] Homer uses this term of Nestor at Iliad 1.248 etc.; see also Aristophanes, Clouds 1057; and cf. alpha 313.
Associated internet addresses:
Web address 1
Web address 2
Keywords: comedy; daily life; definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; economics; epic; mythology
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 2 February 2001@21:14:22.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (augmented notes and keywords; cosmetics) on 29 April 2002@07:02:00.
David Whitehead (more keywords; tweaks and cosmetics) on 5 January 2012@09:16:28.
Catharine Roth (cosmetics) on 5 January 2012@11:37:25.

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