Μακεδονικά Τέμπη (Στενά της Ρεντίνας)

English translation: Macedonian Tempi (Rentina gorge or Vale of Rentina)

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Greek term or phrase:	Μακεδονικά Τέμπη (Στενά της Ρεντίνας)
English translation:	Macedonian Tempi (Rentina gorge or Vale of Rentina)
Entered by:	Vicky Papaprodromou

17:00 Jun 12, 2008

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Greek term or phrase: Μακεδονικά Τέμπη (Στενά της Ρεντίνας)

Hi,

The Μακεδονικά Τέμπη are also known as the Στενά της Ρεντίνας. Is τέμπη perhaps a geographical term with τέμπος as the singular? If so, what does it mean, please? Straits, perhaps? I'm assuming that we're talking about a tract of water here, not a mountain pass...

Please see:
http://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/Μακεδονικά_Τέμπη

Best wishes,

Simon

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Macedonian Tempi (Rentina gorge)

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Note added at 16 mins (2008-06-12 17:17:11 GMT)
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Macedonian Tempi is used to avoid confusion with Thessalic Tempi (http://www.gnto.co.uk/geninfo/thessaly.html).

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Macedonian Tempi (Rentina gorge)

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Vale of Rentina

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Vale of Rentina

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My Liddle and Scott dictionary tells me that the word τέμπη only exists in the (neuter) plural as a contraction of τεμπέα. It originally referred to the valley between Mounts Olympus and Ossa but has now come to be used of any 'sequestered vale', such as the Vale of Rentina which, funnily enough, I passed through only 3 days ago. I suppose the origin is from τέμνω meaning to cut, as a river cuts through rock over time and creates a gorge.

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