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Headword: Ἀγχιάλεια
Adler number: alpha,395
Translated headword: Anchialeia
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
A city.[1]
Also [sc. attested is the related adjective] ἀγχίαλος ["coastal"], [meaning] the one[2] near the sea.
Not all 'coastal' cities are surrounded by sea. For example, Alexandria is coastal but not surrounded by sea, whereas islands are both coastal and surrounded by sea. Sophocles [writes]: "son of Telamon and child of sea-girt Salamis".[3]
And elsewhere: "a famous tomb holds godlike Homer on a coastal cliff."[3]
Greek Original:
Ἀγχιάλεια: πόλις. καὶ Ἀγχίαλος, ἡ ἐγγὺς τῆς θαλάσσης. οὐ πάντως δὲ αἱ ἀγχίαλοι καὶ ἀμφίαλοι εἰσίν. οἷά ἐστιν ἡ Ἀλεξάνδρεια, ἀγχίαλος μὲν, οὐκ ἀμφίαλος δέ: αἱ δὲ νῆσοι καὶ ἀγχίαλοι καὶ ἀμφίαλοί εἰσι. Σοφοκλῆς: Τελαμώνιε παῖ τῆς ἀμφιρρύτου Σαλαμῖνος. καὶ αὖθις: θεῖον Ὅμηρον κλεινὸς ἐπ' ἀγχιάλῳ τύμβος ἔχει σκοπέλῳ.
Notes:
[1] On the coast of Cilicia; the "Anchiale" of alpha 396 (from sigma 122) and Stephanus of Byzantium. Barrington Atlas map 66 grid F3.
[2] This definite article is feminine in the Greek, no doubt presupposing 'city'.
[3] Sophocles, Ajax 134-135.
[4] Greek Anthology 7.4.1-2.
Keywords: biography; definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; geography; mythology; poetry; tragedy
Translated by: Anne Mahoney on 27 March 1999@18:15:06.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (modified headword and translation; added note and keywords) on 13 February 2001@07:20:41.
David Whitehead (augmented notes and keywords; tweaks and cosmetics) on 9 January 2012@05:35:45.
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