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Headword:
*lau/reion
Adler number: lambda,154
Translated headword: Laureion, Laurium
Vetting Status: high
Translation: A place in Attica, making metal.
Greek Original:*lau/reion: to/pos *)attikh=s, poiw=n me/tallon.
Notes:
cf. the
scholia to
Aristophanes,
Knights 362 ('mines') and
Birds 1106 ('Laureotic owls').
In classical usage the word
me/tallon would be a mine (see e.g. at
mu 704) -- in this instance a silver-mine; but as
Laureion could hardly be said to "make" a mine, the later meaning of the word is appropriate here.
Reference:
OCD(4) p.800
Keywords: comedy; definition; geography; science and technology; trade and manufacture
Translated by: David Whitehead on 5 December 2000@07:20:29.
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