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Headword:
*nea/polis
Adler number: nu,115
Translated headword: Neapolis, Napoli, Naples
Vetting Status: high
Translation: A famous Italian city, in which a statue of the Siren Parthenope is situated.[1] But [there are] many other Neapoleis too.[2]
Greek Original:*nea/polis: po/lis *)italikh\ dia/shmos, e)n h(=| *parqeno/pis i(/drutai *seirh=nos a)/galma. pollai\ de\ kai\ a)/llai *neapo/leis.
Notes:
The principal Greek city of Campania (
kappa 290); founded initially c.600 BCE by settlers from nearby
Cumae. See generally OCD(4) s.v.
Neapolis.
[1] From
Stephanus of
Byzantium s.v. For the Sirens see generally
sigma 280 and OCD(4) s.v.
[2] Unsurprisingly, given the meaning of the name (New City). At least 18 others are known.
Translated by: David Whitehead on 21 September 2003@09:58:43.
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