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Headword:
*)agkuranw=n
po/lis
Adler number: alpha,259
Translated headword: Ankyrans' city, Ancyrans' city
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Note] that the present Ankyrans were called of old Hellenogalatians.
Greek Original:*)agkuranw=n po/lis: o(/ti oi( nu=n *)agkuranoi\ *(ellhnogala/tai pa/lai e)le/gonto.
Notes:
The headword phrase is presumably quoted from somewhere.
Ankyra is the present-day Ankara. See already
alpha 257 (with
gamma 21), and
sigma 1067.
The 'Hellenogalatians' are of course the Galatians (called in Livy 'Gallograeci', and see
gamma 39), Kelts who settled in central Asia Minor in 279 BCE and after.
OCD(4) s.v. (p.84)
Keywords: chronology; geography; history
Translated by: Roger Travis on 4 October 2000@12:19:10.
Vetted by:David Whitehead (added notes, bibliography, keyword; cosmetics) on 6 February 2001@10:57:36.
Nicholas Fincher (added note mentioning Galatians) on 16 July 2003@05:33:14.
David Whitehead (added x-ref; cosmetics) on 16 July 2003@05:42:00.
David Whitehead (another note; another keyword; tweaks and cosmetics) on 1 August 2011@08:26:39.
David Whitehead (updated a ref) on 30 July 2014@02:45:12.
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