02-02-2007, 12:35 AM
Quote:Found an entry in Strabo [8.7.12].
hê de mastix ên triplê halusidôtê apêrtêmenous echousa ex hautês astragalous, hoi plêttontes to chalkion sunechôs, hopote aiôrointo hupo tôn anemôn, makrous êchous apeirgazonto, heôs ho metrôn ton chronon apo tês archês tou êchou mechri telous kai epi tetrakosia proelthoi
In fact, here, I'll do it. This is done with characters copied form the Greek alphabet wikipedia entry, so I can't get accents or breathings, but you should be able to make sense of the breathings from the transliteration about.
η δε μαστιξ ην τριπλη αλυσιδωτη απηρτημενους εχουσα εξ αυτης αστραγαλους, οι πληττοντες το χαλκιον συνεχως, οποτε αιωροιντο υπο των ανεμων, μακρους ηχους απειργαζοντο, εως ο μετρων τον χρονον απο της αρχης του ηχου μεχρι τελους και επι τετρακοσια προελθοι.
Ruben
He had with him the selfsame rifle you see with him now, all mounted in german silver and the name that he\'d give it set with silver wire under the checkpiece in latin: Et In Arcadia Ego. Common enough for a man to name his gun. His is the first and only ever I seen with an inscription from the classics. - Cormac McCarthy, Blood Meridian
He had with him the selfsame rifle you see with him now, all mounted in german silver and the name that he\'d give it set with silver wire under the checkpiece in latin: Et In Arcadia Ego. Common enough for a man to name his gun. His is the first and only ever I seen with an inscription from the classics. - Cormac McCarthy, Blood Meridian
