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Headword: Δασμός
Adler number: delta,82
Translated headword: dasmos, tribute
Vetting Status: low
Translation:
Division,[1] first-fruits of tribute.
Xenophon [writes]: "They found seventeen colts raised for tribute to the king."[2]
And again: "The Athenians feared the expedition of Minos and decided to bring tribute to Crete, whomever they [sc. the Cretans] might claim."[3]
Greek Original:
Δασμός: μερισμός, φόρου ἀπαρχή. Ξενοφῶν: εὗρον δὲ καὶ πώλους εἰς δασμὸν βασιλεῖ τρεφομένους ιζ#. καὶ αὖθις: Ἀθηναῖοι δὲ δείσαντες τὸν Μίνωος στόλον ὑπέστησαν δασμὸν οἴσειν εἰς Κρήτην, ὅν τινα ἂν ἐκεῖνοι δικαιώσειαν.
Notes:
Cf. delta 80, delta 81, delta 83.
[1] From the scholia to Homer, Iliad 1.166.
[2] Xenophon, Anabasis 4.5.24. See web address 1 below for the text.
[3] Attributed to Nicolaus of Damascus by Bernhardy. In any event, the topic is evidently the youths-and-maidens "tribute" for the Minotaur.
Associated internet address:
Web address 1
Keywords: definition; economics; epic; historiography; history; military affairs; mythology; zoology
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 20 July 2002@13:31:19.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (augmented notes and keywords; cosmetics) on 21 July 2002@06:08:17.
William Hutton (modified headword, cosmetics) on 16 July 2003@04:41:53.
David Whitehead (another keyword) on 23 October 2005@09:47:53.
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