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Headword: Αἴθρια στέφη
Adler number: alphaiota,149
Translated headword: bright garlands
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
Those brought out of [sc. the land of] the Hyperboreans, [so called] as [being] always placed in the open [ὕπαιθρον ].
Greek Original:
Αἴθρια στέφη: τὰ ἐξ Ὑπερβορέων κομιζόμενα, ὡς ἀεὶ ἐν ὑπαίθρῳ τιθέμενα.
Notes:
Repeated at sigma 1074. The headword phrase comes from Attic comedy (Cratinus fr. 22 Kock). Similar entries in other lexica.
For the Hyperboreans see generally upsilon 247, upsilon 248.
Keywords: botany; comedy; definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; geography; mythology
Translated by: Ross Scaife on 4 November 2002@07:26:07.
Vetted by:
Catharine Roth (cosmetics, added cross-reference) on 21 November 2002@00:28:55.
David Whitehead (modified translation; added keyword) on 21 November 2002@03:03:39.
Catharine Roth (corrected my note) on 21 November 2002@15:49:34.
David Whitehead (augmented notes and keywords) on 14 May 2012@07:40:05.
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