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Headword: *skiw/nhn
Adler number: sigma,614
Translated headword: Skione, Scione
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
"I would be better off watching Skione than this father of mine".[1]
Greek Original:
*skiw/nhn: h)= moi krei=tton h)=n threi=n *skiw/nhn a)nti\ tou/tou tou= patro/s.
Notes:
The headword, extracted from the quotation given, is the accusative case of this toponym.
[1] Aristophanes, Wasps 209-10 (web address 1). At the time of production -- early spring 422 BCE -- the Athenians were besieging Skione, a rebellious northern ally (Barrington Atlas map 51 grid B5); see Thucydides 4.129ff.
Associated internet address:
Web address 1
Keywords: comedy; dialects, grammar, and etymology; geography; historiography; history; military affairs
Translated by: David Whitehead on 1 November 2001@07:36:28.
Vetted by:
Catharine Roth (added link and keyword, set status) on 19 December 2004@23:07:54.
David Whitehead (another keyword) on 20 December 2004@03:08:07.
David Whitehead (augmented note; another keyword) on 18 August 2011@07:14:08.
David Whitehead on 18 August 2011@07:15:27.
Catharine Roth (fixed link) on 19 September 2011@22:17:46.
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