Ἀμυνόμενοι
revenging themselves
Translated by Jennifer Benedict24 Mar 2001Vetting: high9 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] they who made a stand against those who did something wicked.1
"The Romans had the habit of not appearing to strike the first blow, but always seemed to be revenging themselves out of necessity against their enemies."2
And elsewhere: "they see both you and me; and they know that I, having suffered from deeds, am revenging myself with words."3
"The Romans had the habit of not appearing to strike the first blow, but always seemed to be revenging themselves out of necessity against their enemies."2
And elsewhere: "they see both you and me; and they know that I, having suffered from deeds, am revenging myself with words."3
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἀμυνόμενοι· τοὺς κακόν τι πράξαντας ἀντιδιατιθέντες. οἱ δὲ Ῥωμαῖοι ἔθος εἶχον μὴ ἄρχοντες φαίνεσθαι χειρῶν ἀδίκων, ἀλλ' ἀεὶ δοκεῖν ἀμυνόμενοι κατ' ἀνάγκην ἐμβαίνειν εἰς τοὺς πολέμους. καὶ αὖθις· ὁρῶσι κἀμὲ καὶ σέ· καὶ φρονοῦσ', ὅτι ἔργοις πεπονθὼς ῥήμασιν ἀμύνομαι.
Betacode
*)amuno/menoi: tou\s kako/n ti pra/cantas a)ntidiatiqe/ntes. oi( de\ *(rwmai=oi e)/qos ei)=xon mh\ a)/rxontes fai/nesqai xeirw=n a)di/kwn, a)ll' a)ei\ dokei=n a)muno/menoi kat' a)na/gkhn e)mbai/nein ei)s tou\s pole/mous. kai\ au)=qis: o(rw=si ka)me\ kai\ se/: kai\ fronou=s', o(/ti e)/rgois peponqw\s r(h/masin a)mu/nomai.
Notes (3)
- 1So too the parallel entry in ps.-Zonaras; and cf. Aristophanes of Byzantium, cited by Eustathius in his Commentary on Homer's Iliad 2.70.22 van der Valk. The headword -- present middle/passive participle, masculine nominative plural -- is thus more likely to be extracted from Homer than from the quotation which follows. (For the verb
a)mu/nw , see also alpha 1676, alpha 1679, alpha 1680.) ↩ - 2Polybius fr. 99 Büttner-Wobst; cf. alpha 2202, epsilon 941, pi 933. Büttner-Wobst notes (p. 528) that this fragment was attributed to Polybius by Ursinus (Fulvio Orsini, 1529-1600). Walbank (p. 751) notes that Polybius 36.2 (web address 1) is the probable context for this fragment. ↩
- 3Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus 872-873 (web address 2 below). ↩
References
T. Büttner-Wobst, ed., Polybii Historiae, vol. IV, (Leipzig 1904)
F.W. Walbank, A Historical Commentary on Polybius, vol. III, (Oxford 1979)
F.W. Walbank, A Historical Commentary on Polybius, vol. III, (Oxford 1979)
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
- Web address 2 perseus.tufts.edu
Linked from2 entries
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Revision history9 revisions · last 12 Jun 2018
- augmented n.2, added link, added to bibliography, bumped n.3 link — Ronald Allen
- rearranged and augmented n.2, bibliographical cosmetics — Ronald Allen
- augmented n.2, added bibliography — Ronald Allen
- Revised — David Whitehead
- Revised — David Whitehead
- augmented n.1; more keywords; tweaks — David Whitehead
- expanded notes, raised status — Catharine Roth
- updated link, added keyword — Catharine Roth
- augmented notes and keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Jennifer Benedict