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Stobaeus, Volume I
John Stobaeus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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At a Glance
- The wordLimnē is a lake or standing body of water.
- In StobaeusThe interpretation of Sophocles identifies Acheron with the Acherusian lake, then quotes Achilles’ soul describing its dark shores and lamenting streams.
- In this edition“Lake” keeps the distinction from river while preserving the stated identification.
- A place to beginThe Acherusian lake and Acheron are identified in an interpretation of tragic verse.
- English renderings
- lake
Meaning
Limnē is a lake or standing body of water. In underworld accounts it can be associated with a river of the same name.
Use in the book
The interpretation of Sophocles identifies Acheron with the Acherusian lake, then quotes Achilles’ soul describing its dark shores and lamenting streams. The relationship of lake and river belongs to the source’s reading of poetic geography. It does not require that the two common nouns mean the same thing in every setting.
Places to read
- I.49.50.5The Acherusian lake and Acheron are identified in an interpretation of tragic verse.
Translation in this edition
“Lake” keeps the distinction from river while preserving the stated identification.
Source note
Wachsmuth, volume I, printed pp. 419. The quoted verses contain editorial corrections and a transposition; their unusual descriptors are further interpreted in the surrounding prose.