Ἄγβαρος
Agbaros, Agbarus, Agbar, Abgar, Avgar
Translated by Gregory Hays23 Jun 1999Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἄγβαρος· ὄνομα κύριον. ὁ τῆς Ἐδέσσης βασιλεύς. ζήτει ἐν τῷ Αὔγαρος.
Betacode
*)/agbaros: o)/noma ku/rion. o( th=s *)ede/sshs basileu/s. zh/tei e)n tw=| *au)/garos.
Notes (1)
- [1] The capital of Osroene, in Mesopotamia.↩
- 2alpha 4409. In fact the most authentic version of the name seems to be Abgar (pronounced Avgar). At least nine Abgars are attested (see OCD(4) s.v. Edessa); so perhaps an hereditary title rather than a name?
Linked from4 entries
- α950Ἄκραhigh[Meaning] utmost. "From the king came the son of Avgar, handsome and tall and in the high point of youth."
- α3328Ἀπὸ θυμοῦ γένηται τῷ βασιλεῖwould be far from the heart for the king, would be far from the heart for the emperor"So fearing that he would be far from the heart for the king/emperor, he gave him no encouragement and boarded the ferry." And elsewhere: "plundering being far from the heart, in every race, for the few and [for those]…
- α4409ΑὔγαροςAugaros, Avgaros, AbgarKing of Edessa, who reigned in the time of the emperor Trajan, and brought him gifts when he arrived there. See under "phylarch." Most people say Agbaros.
- ε207ἜδεσαEdesa, EdessaA city of Syria. When Trajan arrived at it, Abgar met him in front of the city bringing as gifts 250 horses and 250 armoured breastplates for the cavalrymen and their horses and sixty thousand missiles. But Trajan took…
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Revision history5 revisions · last 29 Jul 2014
- updated a ref — David Whitehead
- more keywords; tweaks — David Whitehead
- added another spelling of the name — Catharine Roth
- Cosmetics. — Catharine Roth
- cosmetics; added notes — David Whitehead
- Translated — Gregory Hays