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Headword: Ἐπίστιον
Adler number: epsilon,2629
Translated headword: ship-shed, ship-slip
Vetting Status: low
Translation:
Military premises.[1]
Herodotus [writes]: '[Kleomenes] expelled the Athenians' households'.[2]
Greek Original:
Ἐπίστιον: στρατιωτικὸν κατάλυμα. Ἡρόδοτος: ὁ δὲ ἀγηλατέει τὰ ἐπίστια Ἀθηναίων.
Notes:
[1] In Homer and elsewhere.
[2] An abridgment of Herodotus 5.72.1 -- where in any case epistia has nothing to with the present headword. Cf. epsilon 2630.
Keywords: architecture; definition; epic; historiography; history; military affairs
Translated by: David Whitehead on 19 May 2003@09:42:09.
Vetted by:
Catharine Roth on 5 July 2003@17:34:10.
David Whitehead (added keyword) on 6 July 2003@05:48:18.

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