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Headword:
*dekeleiko/s
Adler number: delta,191
Translated headword: Dekeleian, Decelean
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Referring to] the Peloponnesian War;[1] [sc. so named] from its final part.[2]
Greek Original:*dekeleiko/s: o( *peloponnhsiako\s po/lemos: a)po\ me/rous tou= teleutai/ou.
Notes:
= Harpokration s.v.
[1] 431-404 BCE. But see next note.
[2] From 413 onwards, when
Dekeleia (
delta 190) in Attica was continuously manned by enemy troops. A likely source for the phrase "Dekeleian War" is
Isocrates 8.29.
Translated by: David Whitehead on 25 September 2000@07:49:19.
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