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Headword:
*(ru/kou
kriqopompi/a
Adler number: rho,290
Translated headword: Rhykos' barley-consignment
Vetting Status: high
Translation: Eratosthenes in his ninth [book][1] says that this king became a captive, and after returning to his own [land][2] he despatched barley to the city of
Athens.
Greek Original:*(ru/kou kriqopompi/a: *)eratosqe/nhs e)n tw=| e)na/tw| fhsi\ basile/a tou=ton ai)xma/lwton geno/menon, ei)=ta u(postre/yanta ei)s e(auto/n, th=| po/lei *)aqhnai/wn kriqh\n e)kpe/myai.
Notes:
The headword phrase is
Comica adespota fr. 290 Kock, now 419 K.-A..
[1] FGrH 241 F25.
Hesychius' version [rho430] gives the name as Rhoikos and makes him king of Amathous (
alpha 1473) in
Cyprus.
[2] The transmitted text says 'returning to himself', but this is easily corrected (with Jacoby).
Keywords: agriculture; biography; botany; comedy; food; geography; historiography; history
Translated by: David Whitehead on 18 December 2002@09:46:06.
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