Plato Critias 113c - Correction

clayton stirling bartholomew c.s.bartholomew at worldnet.att.net
Wed Aug 18 02:35:39 EDT 1999


It is late! Please note, HO should be hO. I corrected it below. The 
problem is translating one form of transliteration to another form of
transliteration and being punchy while doing it.

Clay
>

> Trying to figure out where the plain is in the following:
>
> PROS QALATTHS MEN, KATA DE MESON  PASHS PEDION HN,
>
> hO DH PANTWN PEDIWN KALLISTON ARETHI TE
>
> hIKANON GENESQAI LEGETAI
>
>
>
> Is the plain in the middle of the island (mentioned earlier), i.e. in
> the center on both axies or is it extended along the middle of all the
> island.  KATA DE MESON  PASHS is the issue. I am leaning toward the
> notion of extension, something like "down (or along) the middle of all
> the island".
>
> And one more off topic question before I get back to NT Greek, what is
> the hO doing in the second line? Don't read much Plato and the hO seems
> sort of hung out in deep space here.
>
>
> --
> Clayton Stirling Bartholomew
> Three Tree Point
> P.O. Box 255 Seahurst WA 98062
> 



More information about the B-Greek mailing list