Ἀνατεινάμενος
having held out as a threat
Translated by Jennifer Benedict28 Oct 2000Vetting: high11 revisions
Translation
[Meaning he] having threatened.
"The king, although he held out many threats against those who had participated in the transaction, did nothing."1
And elsewhere: "the Egyptians, having held out threats and mockery, slew four hundred and eighty in the sight of so many men and women."2
Soa)nateina/menoi [means they] having held out threats combined with violence.
Also [sc. attested is the phrase]a)natei/nas th\n yuxh/n ["having exalted his soul"], [meaning] having directed it on high and to the sight of the gods.3
"The king, although he held out many threats against those who had participated in the transaction, did nothing."1
And elsewhere: "the Egyptians, having held out threats and mockery, slew four hundred and eighty in the sight of so many men and women."2
So
Also [sc. attested is the phrase]
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἀνατεινάμενος· ἐπαπειλήσας. ὁ δὲ βασιλεὺς πολλὰ τοῖς ἐς τὴν πρᾶξιν ὑπουργηκόσιν ἀνατεινάμενος οὐδὲν ἔδρασε. καὶ αὖθις· οἱ δὲ Αἰγύπτιοι ἀνατεινάμενοι καὶ κατακαγχάσαντες, ἐν ὄψει τοσούτων ἀνδρῶν καὶ γυναικῶν εἴκοσιν ἀποδέοντας πεντακοσίους ἀπέκτειναν. ἀνατεινάμενοι οὖν μεθ' ὕβρεως ἀπειλήσαντες. καὶ Ἀνατείνας τὴν ψυχήν, ἐπὶ τὰ ἄνω τρέψας καὶ ἐπὶ τὴν τῶν θεῶν θέαν.
Betacode
*)anateina/menos: e)papeilh/sas. o( de\ basileu\s polla\ toi=s e)s th\n pra=cin u(pourghko/sin a)nateina/menos ou)de\n e)/drase. kai\ au)=qis: oi( de\ *ai)gu/ptioi a)nateina/menoi kai\ katakagxa/santes, e)n o)/yei tosou/twn a)ndrw=n kai\ gunaikw=n ei)/kosin a)pode/ontas pentakosi/ous a)pe/kteinan. a)nateina/menoi ou)=n meq' u(/brews a)peilh/santes. kai\ *)anatei/nas th\n yuxh/n, e)pi\ ta\ a)/nw tre/yas kai\ e)pi\ th\n tw=n qew=n qe/an.
Notes (3)
- The headword participle is perhaps (though not necessarily) extracted from the first quotation given. For the glossing cf. Hesychius s.v.
a)natei/nasqai . - 1Polybius fr. 109 Büttner-Wobst. Büttner-Wobst notes (p. 529) that Valckenaer attributed this fragment to Polybius. ↩
- 2Quotation (transmitted, in Adler's view, via the Excerpta Constantini Porphyrogeniti) unidentifiable. ↩
- 3Similarly in Timaeus' Platonic Lexicon and in Photius. The phrase itself must be quoted from somewhere but is unidentifiable. ↩
References
T. Büttner-Wobst, ed., Polybii Historiae, vol. IV, (Leipzig 1904)
Neighbouring entries
Revision history11 revisions · last 13 Jun 2018
- bibliography format — Ronald Allen
- corrected Polybius fragment number, augmented n.1, added bibliography — Ronald Allen
- Revised — David Whitehead
- betacode — Catharine Roth
- Revised — David Whitehead
- tweaks — Catharine Roth
- Revised — David Whitehead
- augmented notes and keywords; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
- added keyword; restorative cosmetics — David Whitehead
- modified translation; added notes; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Modified translation, added keywords — William Hutton
- Translated — Jennifer Benedict