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Headword:
Aktê
Adler number: alpha,1036
Translated headword: Akte, Acte
Vetting Status: high
Translation: In a particular sense a part of Attica by the sea; from where the Actite stone [sc. originates].[1] But they also used to use this name for [sc. the entirety of] Attica, some [deriving it] from a certain king Aktaion, others because most of the country is close to the sea.[2]
Greek Original:Aktê: idiôs epithalattidios tis moira tês Attikês, hothen kai ho Aktitês lithos. ekaloun de houtôs kai tên Attikên, hoi men apo tinos Aktaiônos basileôs, hoi de dia to tên pleiô tês chôras epithalattion einai.
Notes:
Abridged from Harpokration s.v., an entry generated by
Hyperides fr. 185 Jensen.
[1] From the Piraeus. See R.E. Wycherley,
The Stones of Athens (Princeton 1978) 271.
[2] For the latter cf. generally
alpha 1032,
alpha 1035.
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 13 April 2000@01:04:58.
Vetted by:David Whitehead (cosmetics; augmented note) on 1 October 2000@09:37:16.
David Whitehead (augemnted notes and keywords; cosmetics) on 6 June 2002@07:22:04.
David Whitehead (more keywords; tweaks and cosmetics) on 24 June 2011@09:29:03.
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