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Headword:
*mero/h
Adler number: mu,639
Translated headword: Meroe
Vetting Status: high
Translation: An island on the way to the ocean.[1]
"Even if you set foot beyond Meroe..".[2]
Greek Original:*mero/h: nh=sos kata\ to\n w)keano/n. ei) kai\ thlote/rw *mero/hs teo\n i)/xnos e)rei/seis.
Notes:
[1] See rather under
kappa 301. (For 'ocean' see
omega 43.)
[2]
Greek Anthology 5.301.1 (Paul the Silentiary), however distant his lover, the poet will deliver a gift to her. Meroë was an ancient city on the Nile, near modern-day Shendi,
Sudan; cf. Barrington Atlas Map 82 grid D4.
Translated by: David Whitehead on 4 June 2008@06:08:02.
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