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Headword:
Ζητρεῖον
Adler number: zeta,94
Translated headword: treadmill
Vetting Status: low
Translation: The place of punishment for slaves.[1]
Eupolis [mentions it].[2]
Ζητρεῖον: τὸ τῶν δούλων κολαστήριον. Εὔπολις.
Notes:
[1] On the island of
Chios, which according to
Thucydides (8.40.2) had an exceptionally large slave population; cf.
Athenaeus 265B-266F.
[2]
Eupolis fr.348 Kock. For other mentions of it see LSJ s.v.; and for other (inauthentic) versions of the word cf.
zeta 142 and (perhaps)
zeta 171.
Translated by: David Whitehead on 17 August 2001@09:10:43.
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