[B-Greek] Antiq., xv.410

Tory Thorpe torythrp at yahoo.com
Fri Jan 12 19:37:52 EST 2007


--- George F Somsel <gfsomsel at yahoo.com> wrote:

> EN DE TOIS hESPEROIS MERESIN TOU PERIBOLOU PULAI
> TETTARE EFESTASAN, hH MEN EIS TA BASILEIA TENOUSA
> THS EN MESWi FARAGGOS EIS DIODON APEILHMMENHS, hAI
> DUO DE EIS TO PROASTEION, hH LOIPH D' EIS THN ALLH
> POLIN BAQMISIN POLLAIS KATW TE EIS THN FARAGGA
> DIEILHMMENH KAI APO TAUTHS ANW PALIN EPI THN
> PROSBASIN; ANTIDRUS GAR hH POLIS EKEITO TOU hIEROU
> QEATROEIDHS OUSA PERIEXOMENH BAQEIAi FARAGGI KATA
> PAN TO NOTION KLIMA
> 
> It would seem that the description he gives would
> indicate that the road from the fourth gate led
> first down into a ravine and then back up to a city
> on the other side situated "like a theater" which I
> would take to mean that it was clearly visible as
> though it were on a stage.
> 
> george
> gfsomsel
> _________
> 

Thank you George. It does appear that he is describing
a single road made of "a great number of steps" giving
access to the theater-like "other city" (upper city).
I am assuming QEATROEIDHS refers to the appearance of
the hill from the bottom of the ravine looking up and
ascending the steps, and as if one were looking up
from the stage of a semicircular Roman theater like
the one built by Herod at Caesarea Maritima.

Tory Thorpe




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