Ἐρυθρὰ θάλαττα

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.ry.tʰràː tʰá.lat.ta/ → /e.ryˈθra ˈθa.lat.ta/ → /e.riˈθra ˈθa.la.ta/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.ry.tʰràː tʰá.lat.ta/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /e.ryˈtʰra ˈtʰa.lat.ta/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /e.ryˈθra ˈθa.lat.ta/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /e.ryˈθra ˈθa.lat.ta/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /e.riˈθra ˈθa.la.ta/

Proper noun

Ἐρυθρᾱ̀ θάλαττα • (Eruthrā̀ thálatta) f (genitive Ἐρυθρᾶς θᾰλάττης); first declension

1. Attic form of Ἐρυθρὰ θάλασσα (Eruthrà thálassa)
   • Demosthenes, Orationes, 19 (περὶ τῆς Παραπρεσβείας [On the False Embassy/On the Embassy]).304, ed. by S. H. Butcher, 1903 @perseus.tufts.edu.

     τίς ὁ πείσας ὑμᾶς μόνον οὐκ ἐπὶ τὴν ἐρυθρὰν θάλατταν πρεσβείας πέμπειν, ὡς ἐπιβουλευομένης μὲν ὑπὸ Φιλίππου τῆς Ἑλλάδος, ὑμῖν δὲ προσῆκον προορᾶν ταῦτα καὶ μὴ προΐεσθαι τὰ τῶν Ἑλλήνων;

     tís ho peísas humâs mónon ouk epì tḕn eruthràn thálattan presbeías pémpein, hōs epibouleuoménēs mèn hupò Philíppou tês Helládos, humîn dè prosêkon proorân taûta kaì mḕ proḯesthai tà tôn Hellḗnōn?

     Who persuaded you to send embassies almost as far as the Red Sea, declaring that Greece was the object of Philip's designs, and that it was your duty to anticipate the danger and not be disloyal to the Hellenic cause?

     English translation by C. A. Vince, M. A. and J. H. Vince, M.A. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1926. @perseus.tufts.edu