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Headword: Αἰγείρου θέα
Adler number: alphaiota,35
Translated headword: poplar
Vetting Status: low
Translation:
the white [populus alba]. A type of plant.
View from the poplar: there was a poplar in Athens near to the shrine; there they used to set up the benches[1] before the theater existed.
From this poplar those who did not have a place used to watch. But Aigiros [is] a name of a city.[2]
Greek Original:
Αἴγειρος: ἡ λεύκη. εἶδος φυτοῦ. Αἰγείρου θέα: αἴγειρος ἦν Ἀθήνησι πλησίον τοῦ ἱεροῦ: ἔνθα πρὶν γενέσθαι θέατρον, τὰ ἰκρία ἐπήγνυον. ἀφ' ἧς αἰγείρου οἱ μὴ ἔχοντες τόπον ἐθεώρουν. Αἴγιρος δὲ ὄνομα πόλεως.
Notes:
[1] Cf. iota 275.
[2] See alphaiota 58.
Keywords: architecture; botany; comedy; daily life; geography; history; proverbs; religion; stagecraft; tragedy
Translated by: William Hutton on 22 May 2003@21:51:11.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (added note and keyword; cosmetics) on 23 May 2003@04:32:14.
Elizabeth Vandiver (Added keyword) on 17 October 2005@18:44:47.

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