φακός κυρτός από μιας καί κοίλος από την άλλη όψη - translation to English
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φακός κυρτός από μιας καί κοίλος από την άλλη όψη - translation to English

PHRASE, USED TO REPRESENT THE DEMAND OF THE PERSIANS FROM THE CITIES OR PEOPLE WHO SURRENDERED TO THEM
Γῆ καί ὕδωρ; Earth and Water
  • "Ceremony of Presenting Earth and Water."
  • The Spartans throw Achaemenid envoys, who had come to ask for "earth and water", into a well.

φακός κυρτός από μιας καί κοίλος από την άλλη όψη      
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n. μηνίσκος, φακός κυρτός από μιας καί κοίλος από την άλλη όψη

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Earth and water

In the writings of the Ancient Greek chronicler Herodotus, the phrase earth and water (γῆ καί ὕδωρ ge kai hydor) is used to represent the demand by the Persian Empire of formal tribute from the cities or people who surrendered to them.