Ταρτησσός
κρείσσων γὰρ ἦσθα μηκέτ' ὢν ἢ ζῶν τυφλός → thou wert better not alive, than living blind | you were better not alive, than living blind
English (LSJ)
ὁ, Tartessos, Hdt.1.163, elsewhere ἡ:—a district of Spain at the mouth of the Baetis, the Tarshish of Scripture (Θαρσείς in LXX 3 Ki.10.22, al.), Hdt.l.c., Arist.Mir.844a17, Str.3.2.11, etc.: also the river Baetis, Stesich.5 (ap.Str.l.c.):—hence Ταρτήσσιος, α, ον, Tartessian, Hdt.4.192, Ar.Ra.475; Ταρτήσσιοι, οἱ, Hdt.1.163, etc.
French (Bailly abrégé)
οῦ (ὁ) :
Tartessos :
1 anc. v. d'Espagne, à l'embouchure du Bétis;
2 le fl. Bétis.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
Ταρτησσός: ὁ, Ἡρόδ. 1. 163, ἀλλαχοῦ ἡ· ― πόλις τῆς Ἰβηρίας (Ἱσπανίας) παρὰ τὸ στόμιον τοῦ Βαίτιος (Γουαδαλκουϊβέρου), ἡ Θαρσεῖς, Tarshish τῆς Γραφῆς, Ἡρόδ. ἔνθ’ ἀνωτ., Ἀριστ. π. Θαυμασ. 135. Στραβ. 148· ― Ταρτήσσιος, α, ον, κάτοικος Ταρτησσοῦ, Ἡρόδ. 4. 192, Ἀριστοφ. Βάτρ. 475· Ταρτήσσιοι, οἱ Ἡρόδ. 1. 163, κλπ.
Russian (Dvoretsky)
Ταρτησσός: ὁ Тартесс
1 тж. ἡ, библейский Таршиш, город в устье нын. Гвадалкивира Her.;
2 древнее название Гвадалкивира, лат. Baetis, Arst.
Wikipedia EN
Tarshish (Phoenician: 𐤕𐤓𐤔𐤔 TRŠŠ, Hebrew: תַּרְשִׁישׁ Taršīš, Greek: Θαρσείς, Tharseis) occurs in the Hebrew Bible with several uncertain meanings, most frequently as a place (probably a large city or region) far across the sea from Phoenicia (modern Lebanon) and the Land of Israel. Tarshish was said to have exported vast quantities of important metals to Phoenicia and Israel. The same place-name occurs in the Akkadian inscriptions of Esarhaddon (the Assyrian king, d. 669 BC) and also on the Phoenician inscription of the Nora Stone in Sardinia; its precise location was never commonly known, and was eventually lost in antiquity. Legends grew up around it over time so that its identity has been the subject of scholarly research and commentary for more than two thousand years.
Its importance stems in part from the fact that Hebrew biblical passages tend to understand Tarshish as a source of King Solomon's great wealth in metals – especially silver, but also gold, tin, and iron (Ezekiel 27). The metals were reportedly obtained in partnership with King Hiram of Phoenician Tyre (Isaiah 23), and fleets of ships from Tarshish.
Tarshish is also the name of a modern village in the Mount Lebanon District of Lebanon, and Tharsis is a modern village in Southern Spain.
