[B-Greek] Antiq., xv.410
Tory Thorpe
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Fri Jan 12 20:39:47 EST 2007
--- George F Somsel <gfsomsel at yahoo.com> wrote:
> No, I don't think he is referring to looking up at
> the other city from the ravine but rather that
> EKEITO TOU hIEROU QEATROEIDHS, i.e. it is situated
> to the Temple like a theater.
>
> george
> gfsomsel
> _________
I agree that relative to the Temple Mount the upper
city was situated in theater-like fashion; so that
from the vantage point of the Temple, the city was
completely in view, and one looked (up?) to the city
as if standing on the floor of a stage looking up at
spectators sitting on tiers. Wouldn't this also hold
true from the bottom of the ravine where the road
began its ascent? Perhaps we are not thinking of the
same kind of theater. The writer only uses QEATROEIDHS
once, so I am not exactly sure of theater he has in
mind; but I would think Herodian, i.e. Roman.
Tory Thorpe
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