dēmos ‘community, district’

... r aspect of the blame here is the double meaning of dēmo- in the compound formation dēmoboros: it could refer either to dēmos ‘community, district’ or to dēmós ‘fat, grease’. Metaphorically, Agamemnon ... Continue reading

... ferring indirectly to the receiving of hero cult by a cult hero; such reception happens in the localized context of the dēmos ‘community, district’. The cult of heroes is parallel to, though in some w ... Continue reading

analysis of dēmos as originally meaning something like “district” as is still overt for example in this verseIn this context, the localized meaning of dēmos in the sense of ‘distri ... Continue reading

analysis of dēmos as originally meaning something like “district” as is still overt for example in this verseIn this context, the localized meaning of dēmos in the sense of ‘distri ... Continue reading

In this context, the localized meaning of dēmos in the sense of ‘district’ is still overt.In this context, the localized meaning of dēmos in the sense of ‘district’ is still overt. ... Continue reading

analysis of dēmos as originally meaning something like “district” as is still overt for example in this verseIn this context, the localized meaning of dēmos in the sense of ‘distri ... Continue reading

In this context, the localized meaning of dēmos in the sense of ‘district’ is still overt.See the comment on I.16.455. See the comment on I.16.455. ... Continue reading

In this context, the localized meaning of dēmos in the sense of ‘district’ is still overt.See the comment on I.16.455. See the comment on I.16.455. ... Continue reading

Here Ithaca is figured as one single dēmos ‘community, district’. Here Ithaca is figured as one single dēmos ‘community, district’. Here Ithaca is figured as one single dēmos ‘community, district’. Here Itha ... Continue reading

The verb piphauskesthai ‘say formally’, referring here to what is being spoken in the agorē ‘assembly’, can be compared with the active form of the verb, piphauskein ‘say formally’ ... Continue reading

See the comment on O.02.032. See the comment on O.02.032. See the comment on O.02.032. See the comment on O.02.032. See the comment on O.02.032. See the comment on O.02.032. ... Continue reading

From the context here, we can see that the dēmos ‘community’ of Ithaca is populated by not only the families of the suitors. From the context here, we can see that the dēmos ‘commu ... Continue reading

Here the entire kingdom of the Phaeacians is figured as one single dēmos ‘community, district’. On dēmos as ‘community, district’, see the comments on O.01.103 and O.02.032, with cross-references there; and see also the comment on I.18.4 ... Continue reading

... rpreted as meaning ‘one who is received [verb dek(h)esthai] by the community [dēmos]’, and, in the present context, the dēmos ‘community, district’ that gives to the singer’s singing its reception is ... Continue reading

Alkinoos says that the kingdom of the Phaeacians, described here as a dēmos ‘community, district’, is ruled by twelve basilēes ‘kings’, O.08.390, and that he counts himself as the thirteenth. (On krainein in the sense of ‘authorize’ and the ... Continue reading

The description here of Demodokos as ‘honored by the people [lāoi]’ reinforces the etymology of his name: ‘one who is received [verb dek(h)esthai] by the community [dēmos]’. See th ... Continue reading

Here again Ithaca is figured as one single dēmos ‘community, district’. See already the comment on O.01.103. Here again Ithaca is figured as one single dēmos ‘community, district’. See already the comment on O.01 ... Continue reading

As Penelope says in her words of blame directed at Antinoos here, this suitor of hers violates the rules of reciprocity more blatantly than any of the other suitors. That is becaus ... Continue reading

... ious kinds of craftsmen or dēmiourgoi (dēmioergoi), O.17.383. This word means literally ‘craftsmen of the dēmos’, where dēmos ‘community, district’ is to be understood as a legally-sanctioned zone of ... Continue reading

... there of four kinds of craftsmen who belong to the category of dēmiourgoi (dēmioergoi) ‘craftsmen of the dēmos’, where dēmos ‘community, district’ is to be understood as a legally-sanctioned zone of ... Continue reading