[B-Greek] Antiq., xv.410

Tory Thorpe torythrp at yahoo.com
Fri Jan 12 23:11:22 EST 2007


Will keep your impression close.

Tory Thorpe


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

> It's possible that you are correct, but that was the
> impression I got.
>  
> george
> gfsomsel
> _________
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Tory Thorpe <torythrp at yahoo.com>
> To: B-Greek at lists.ibiblio.org
> Cc: George F Somsel <gfsomsel at yahoo.com>
> Sent: Friday, January 12, 2007 10:27:06 PM
> Subject: Re: [B-Greek] Antiq., xv.410
> 
> 
> --- George F Somsel <gfsomsel at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> > More likely down
> > 
> >
>
http://depthome.brooklyn.cuny.edu/classics/dunkle/comedy/romnthtr.htm
> >  
> > george
> > gfsomsel
> > _________
> > 
> 
> So you are thinking of the view of a Roman theater
> one
> would have from the top of the stage building,
> whereas
> I am comparing the hIEROU to the Roman proscenium. I
> hadn't thought of it that way before. Since the
> upper
> city is actually higher than the Temple Mount in
> elevation, and one could look down into the Temple
> area from the Hasmonean palace (Ant., 20.190), I had
> in mind Diodorus' description of Perinthus with its
> homes stacked up against the slope of the hill:
> 
> Lib., 16.76.1-2  TAS D' OIKIAS EXEI PEPUKNWMENAS KAI
> TOIS UYESI DIAFEROUSAS. AUTAI DE TAIS OIKODOMAIS
> AIEI
> KATA THN EIS TON LOFON ANABASIN ALLHLWN hUPEREXOUSI
> KAI TO SXHMA THS OLHS POLEWS QEATROEIDES APOTELOUSI
> 
> Tory Thorpe



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